Cape Hammersly
| Cape Hammersly | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 28 ′ S , 115 ° 3 ′ E | |
| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Budd coast | |
| Waters | Southern Ocean (sector between the Mawson and D'Urville Seas ) | |
Cape Hammersly is an ice-covered cape on the Budd coast of Wilkesland, East Antarctica . It is halfway between the mouths of the Williamson and Totten Glaciers in the Southern Ocean .
The first mapping in 1955 was made by the American cartographer Gardner Dean Blodgett (* 1925) using aerial photographs of Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the cape after George W. Hammersly (1820 – unknown), midshipman on board the sloop USS Vincennes , flagship of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) under the direction of the American polar explorer Charles Wilkes .
Web links
- Cape Hammersly in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Hammersly on geographic.org (English)