Cape Healy
| Cape Healy | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 23 ′ S , 61 ° 2 ′ W | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Black coast | |
| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Waters 2 | Lamplugh Inlet | |
Cape Healy is a striking and square shaped rock cape on the Black Coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is on the north side of the entrance to Lamplugh Inlet .
Participants of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) discovered the headland in 1940. It is named after Joseph Donald Healy (1912-1971), sled dog handler on this expedition and participant in the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd .
Web links
- Cape Healy in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Healy on geographic.org (English)