Cape Hunter
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 57 ′ S , 142 ° 21 ′ E | |
| location | East Antarctica | |
| coast | George V coast | |
| Waters | Commonwealth Bay | |
Cape Hunter is a rocky headland on the East Antarctic George V coast . It is located 13 km west of Cape Denison on the west bank of Commonwealth Bay .
Participants of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered the cape in 1912. Mawson named it after John George Hunter (1888-1964), the lead biologist of the expedition.
Web links
- Cape Hunter in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Hunter on geographic.org (English)