Cape Irwyn
| Cape Irwyn | ||
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 41 ′ S , 170 ° 5 ′ W | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| coast | Dufek coast | |
| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf | |
Cape Irwyn is a rocky cape in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . On the Dufek Coast , it juts into the Ross Ice Shelf as the northern branch of the Lillie Range in the Prince Olav Mountains .
The southern group of a campaign carried out from 1963 to 1964 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named the cape after Irwyn Smith, who maintained contact with this group as a radio operator at Scott Base .
Web links
- Cape Irwyn in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Irwyn on geographic.org (English)