Cape Goodenough
| Cape Goodenough | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 16 ′ S , 126 ° 10 ′ E | |
| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Banzare coast | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Porpoise Bay | |
Cape Goodenough is an icy cape on the Banzare coast of Wilkesland East Antarctica . As the northern branch of the Norths Highland , it marks the western boundary of the entrance to Porpoise Bay .
The cape was discovered during the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929–1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . Mawson named it after Admiral William Edmund Goodenough (1867-1945) of the Royal Navy , president of the council of the Royal Geographical Society from 1930 to 1933.
Web links
- Cape Goodenough in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Goodenough on geographic.org (English)