Cape Knowles
| Cape Knowles | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 47 ′ S , 60 ° 52 ′ W | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Black coast | |
| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Waters 2 | Hilton Inlet | |
Cape Knowles is a 305 m high cape on the Black Coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . The cape limits the entrance to the Hilton Inlet to the north .
Participants of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered the headland in 1940. It is named after the American geologist Paul Knowles (1909–1978), a member of the expedition and head of surveying the coastline up to this bay.
Web links
- Cape Knowles in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Knowles on geographic.org (English)