Cape Henderson
| Cape Henderson | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 11 ′ S , 100 ° 44 ′ E | |
| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Knox coast | |
| Waters | Mawson Lake | |
Cape Henderson is an ice-free cape overlaid by moraine debris on the Knox coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It is on the northwest end of the Bunger Hills .
The first aerial photographs were taken in February 1947 during the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the Cape in 1956 after the destroyer USS Henderson , which was used in Operation Highjump.
Web links
- Cape Henderson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Henderson on geographic.org (English)