Cape Close
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 55 ′ S , 52 ° 29 ′ E | |
| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Cosmonaut Lake | |
Cape Close is a cape on the coast of the Enderbyland in East Antarctica . It is located around 50 km west of Cape Batterbee .
It was discovered in January 1930 by participants in the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929–1930) led by the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . He named the cape after the British geographer Charles Close (1865–1952), President of the Royal Geographical Society from 1927 to 1930.
Web links
- Cape Close the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Close on geographic.org (English)