Cape Keeler
| Cape Keeler | ||
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 51 ′ S , 63 ° 12 ′ W | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Wilkins Coast | |
| Waters | Revelle Inlet | |
| Waters 2 | Delisle Inlet | |
The Cape Keeler is an icy cape , which at the Wilkins Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula , the entrance to the Delisle Inlet of those of the south Revelle Inlet separates the north. The headland rises northwest to 520 m .
The cape was discovered on December 20, 1928 during an overflight by the Australian polar explorer Hubert Wilkins . Wilkins named the cape after Fred E. Keeler, then the main shareholder of the aircraft manufacturer Lockheed , with whose model Lockheed Vega Wilkins had made his Antarctic flight . The cape was the location of a meteorological observation station for the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948).
Web links
- Cape Keeler in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Keeler on geographic.org (English)