Cape Huinga
| Cape Huinga | ||
| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 82 ° 31 ′ S , 165 ° 10 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| coast | Shackleton coast | |
| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf | |
| Waters 2 | Robb Glacier | |
The Cape Huinga a monstrous chapter in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . On the Shackleton Coast , it lies on the northern flank of the mouth of the Robb Glacier and the Ross Ice Shelf .
The southern group of a campaign carried out from 1959 to 1960 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition used the Cape in November 1959 as a meeting and gathering place. The name is borrowed from a Māori term for such a place.
Web links
- Cape Huinga in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Huinga on geographic.org