Cape Parr
| Cape Parr | ||
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| Coordinates | 81 ° 14 ′ S , 161 ° 4 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| coast | Shackleton coast | |
| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf | |
 Map sheet Mount Nares from 1964 with part of the Shackleton Coast , Cape Parr in the middle of the northern half of the map |
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The Cape Parr is a large, snowy Cape at the Shackleton Coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It is approximately eight miles south of Gentile Point on the western edge of the Ross Ice Shelf .
Participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904), led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, discovered it. Scott named it after Admiral Alfred Arthur Chase Parr (1849-1914), one of Scott's advisors to the expedition and participant in research trips to the Arctic.
Web links
- Cape Parr in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Parr on geographic.org (English)