Cape Johnson
| Cape Johnson | ||
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 4 ′ S , 165 ° 9 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Borchgrevink coast | |
| Waters | Wood Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Tinker glacier | |
The Cape Johnson is an icy cape at the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It lies on the east side of the confluence of the Tinker Glacier in Wood Bay , the northern limit of which is the cape. Kay Island lies 3 km east-south-east of the cape .
The British polar explorer James Clark Ross discovered it in 1841 during his Antarctic expedition (1839–1843). Ross named the cape after Captain Edward John Johnson (1794-1853) of the Royal Navy , a member of the Magnetic Compass Committee .
Web links
- Cape Johnson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Johnson on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 819 (English).