Cape Gray
| Cape Gray | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 51 ′ S , 143 ° 22 ′ E | |
| location | East Antarctica | |
| coast | George V coast | |
| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Waters 2 | Commonwealth Bay | |
The Cape Gray is a cape on the East Antarctic Georg V. Coast . It is on the east side of the entrance to Commonwealth Bay . The cape is actually a small rock island connected to the continental ice sheet by an ice bridge .
Participants of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered the cape. Mawson named it after Percy Gray (1888-1944), second officer on the research ship Aurora on this expedition.
Web links
- Cape Gray in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Gray on geographic.org (English)