Cape Northrop

	Cape Northrop
	Geographical location
Coordinates	67 ° 24 ′ S , 65 ° 18 ′ W Coordinates: 67 ° 24 ′ S , 65 ° 18 ′ W
location	Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
coast	Bowman and Foyn Coast
Waters	Weddell Sea
Waters 2	Whirlwind Inlet
height	1 160 m

Cape Northrop is a prominent and rocky headland with a height of up to 1160 m on the east side of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the north side of the entrance to Whirlwind Inlet as well as the border between the Bowman Coast in the south and the Foyn Coast to the north .

The cape was discovered by the Australian polar explorer Hubert Wilkins during an overflight on December 20, 1928. Wilkins named the cape after the American aircraft designer John Knudsen Northrop (1895–1967), designer of the Lockheed Vega , with which Wilkins managed the overflight. The cape was photographed during further overflights during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) in 1940 and geodetically surveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey .

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