Cape Rouse
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 45 ′ S , 67 ° 9 ′ E | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Mawson Coast | |
| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
Cape Rouse is an icy cape on the Mawson Coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It protrudes into the Cooperative Sea 13 km east of the Murray Monolith .
Participants of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered it on February 12, 1931. Mawson named the cape after Edgar John Rouse (1894-1974), manager at the Australian branch from Kodak in Melbourne , who helped equip the expedition with photographic equipment.
Web links
- Cape Rouse in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Rouse on geographic.org (English)