Cape Denison

Cape Denison
Geographical location
Coordinates	67 ° 0 ′  S , 142 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 67 ° 0 ′  S , 142 ° 40 ′  E
location	East Antarctica
coast	George V coast
Waters	Commonwealth Bay

The Cape Denison is a rocky cape at the head of Commonwealth Bay on the East Antarctic Georg V. Coast . The Mackellar Islands are three kilometers to the north .

It was discovered in 1912 during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson , who set up the expedition's base camp here . Mawson named the Cape after the Australian businessman Hugh Denison (1865-1940), a financier of the research trip .

Cape Denison with its historical buildings is today protected by the Antarctic Treaty . It has been declared an ASPA-162 Specially Protected Area and Mawson's Huts has been designated an HSM-77 Historic Site . Protection as a specially managed area ASMA-3 expired in 2014 when a new management plan for ASPA-162 came into force. Because of the seabirds that breed here , especially the Adelie penguins , a 102 hectare area at Cape Denison is designated as an Important Bird Area (AQ157) by BirdLife International .

Picture gallery

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  Storm at Cape Denison (1912).

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  Unloading of supplies at Cape Denison (1911-1914)

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  Mawson's Huts (newer photo)

Web links

Commons : Cape Denison  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mawson's Huts, Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, George V Land, East Antarctica (PDF; 1.63 MB), Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 162, accessed on June 22, 2016
2. ↑ Cape Denison (AQ157) , datasheet on the BirdLife International website, accessed July 23, 2018.