Cape Boggs

Cape Boggs
Geographical location
Coordinates	70 ° 33 ′  S , 61 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 70 ° 33 ′  S , 61 ° 22 ′  W
location	Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula
coast	Wilkins and Black Coast
Waters	Larsen Ice Shelf , Weddell Sea

The Cape Boggs is a massive and icy headland on the eastern foothills of Eielson Peninsula in the east of Palmer Lands . It marks the border between the Black Coast and the Wilkins Coast to the north .

The cape was discovered by scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941), who explored the area on land and from the air in 1940. It is named after Samuel Whittemore Boggs (1889–1954), a geographer for the US State Department , whose political and geographic studies of Antarctica were used by the USAS.

Web links

• Cape Boggs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Cape Boggs on geographic.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Samuel Whitemore Boggs in the Find a Grave database (accessed January 8, 2016).