Cape Douglas

This article describes the Cape in Antarctica. For the cape of the same name on South Georgia see Cape Douglas (South Georgia) .

Cape Douglas
Geographical location
Coordinates	80 ° 55 ′  S , 160 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 80 ° 55 ′  S , 160 ° 52 ′  E
location	Ross Dependency , Antarctica
coast	Shackleton coast
Waters	Ross Ice Shelf
Waters 2	Matterson Inlet

The Cape Douglas is an ice-covered cape at the Shackleton Coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . On the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf , it marks the southern limit of the entrance to Matterson Inlet .

Participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott discovered it. Scott named it after Admiral Archibald Lucius Douglas (1842-1913), who had enforced the Admiralty 's provision of seafarers for the expedition.

Web links

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