Cape Conway
| Cape Conway | ||
 Cape Conway at the southwest end of Snow Island (bottom left) |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 50 ′ S , 61 ° 25 ′ W | |
| location | Snow Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Waters 2 | Boyd Strait | |
Cape Conway is a cape that forms the southwestern extension of Snow Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
The British navigator Henry Foster named the cape in the course of the research trip with the HMS Chanticleer (1827-1831). It is named after the HMS Conway , on which Foster served in the Royal Navy .
Web links
- Cape Conway in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Conway on geographic.org (English)