Cape Bickerton
| Cape Bickerton | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 20 ′ S , 136 ° 56 ′ E | |
| location | Adélieland , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
Cape Bickerton is an icy cape on the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located 8 km east-northeast of the Gravenoir rock and marks the northern end of the coast east of Victor Bay .
The cape was mapped during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914). The Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson , leader of the expedition, named it after the British engineer Francis Howard Bickerton (1889–1954), leader of the western group on this expedition.
Web links
- Cape Bickerton in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Bickerton on geographic.org (English)