Cape Roget
| Cape Roget | ||
 Cape Roget at the southern end of the Adare Peninsula |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 59 ′ S , 170 ° 37 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Borchgrevink coast | |
| Waters | Ross Sea | |
| Waters 2 | Moubray Bay | |
The Cape Roget is the steep and rocky southern cape of Adare Peninsula , which the north side of the entrance to Moubray Bay at the Borchgrevink Coast of Antarctica Victoria Land marked.
It was discovered in 1841 by the British polar explorer James Clark Ross during his Antarctic expedition (1839–1843). Ross named it after the lexicographer Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869), then Secretary of the Royal Society . The Cape is home to a colony of emperor penguins .
Web links
- Cape Roget in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Roget on geographic.org (English)