Cape Emelyanov

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Cape Emelyanov
Geographical location
Cape Jemelyanov (Antarctica)
Cape Emelyanov
Coordinates 67 ° 16 ′  S , 46 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 67 ° 16 ′  S , 46 ° 54 ′  E
location Enderbyland , East Antarctica
coast Crown Prince Olav Coast
Waters Casey Bay

The Cape Yemelyanov ( Russian Мыс Емельянова Mys Jemeljanowa , English Cape Yemel'Yanov ) is a rocky cape at the Prince Olav Coast in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It is 3 miles west-northwest of Felton Head in the northern part of Tange Promontory on the shores of Casey Bay .

Aerial photographs were taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and in 1957 during a Soviet Antarctic expedition . The cape is named after the Soviet hydrographer A. M. Jemeljanow.

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