Cape McCormick
| Cape McCormick | ||
 Topographic map of the Adare Peninsula with Cape McCormick (bottom center right) |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 50 ′ S , 170 ° 58 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Borchgrevink coast | |
| Waters | Ross Sea | |
Cape McCormick is a cape on the Ross Sea coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It marks the eastern end of the Adare Peninsula .
The British polar explorer James Clark Ross discovered the cape in January 1841 during his Antarctic expedition (1839–1843). He named it after Robert McCormick (1800–1890), a surgeon on the research ship HMS Erebus on this voyage.
Web links
- Cape McCormick in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape McCormick on geographic.org (English)