Cape Russell
| Cape Russell | ||
 Cape Russel (bottom center), left: Inexpressible Island |
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| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 54 ′ S , 163 ° 55 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Scott coast | |
| Waters | Terra Nova Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Evans Cove | |
 Topographic map of the Northern Foothills (lower half of the map, left of center) and Cape Russell |
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The Cape Russell is a rocky headland in the Terra Nova Bay on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is the southern end of the Föhn peninsula , which in turn forms the southern branch of the Northern Foothills .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the cape in 1968 after Commander RE Russell of the United States Navy , who was responsible for the helicopter squadron aboard the icebreaker USS Glacier as part of Operation Deep Freeze from 1958 to 1959.
Web links
- Cape Russell in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Russell on geographic.org (English)