Cape Lankester
| Cape Lankester | ||
 Map with Cape Lankester (top center) |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 16 ′ S , 160 ° 29 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| coast | Hillary coast | |
| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf | |
| Waters 2 | Mulock Inlet | |
The Cape Lankester is a tall, round and snowy Cape at the Hillary Coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It marks the southern limit of the access from the Ross Ice Shelf to Mulock Inlet .
Participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott discovered it. It is named after Ray Lankester (1847–1929), a British zoologist.
Web links
- Cape Lankester in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Lankester on geographic.org (English)