Cape Pollock
| Cape Pollock | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 51 ′ S , 146 ° 50 ′ E | |
| location | Dixson Island ( East Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Waters 2 | Ninnis glacier | |
Cape Pollock is a cape off the East Antarctic George V coast . It is located on the northern foothills of Dixson Island on the western flank of the mouth of the Ninnis Glacier .
Participants of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered the cape. Mawson named it after the Australian physicist James Arthur Pollock (1865–1922) from the University of Sydney , a member of the advisory board on his research trip .
Web links
- Cape Pollock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Pollock on geographic.org (English)