Cape Scoresby

Cape Scoresby
Geographical location
Coordinates	66 ° 34 ′  S , 162 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 66 ° 34 ′  S , 162 ° 45 ′  E
location	Borradaile Island ( Balleny Islands , East Antarctica )
Waters	Somow lake

The Cape Scoresby is a chapter in the form of a high cliff at the northern end of Borradaile Iceland in the group of the East Antarctic Balleny Islands .

Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it in the course of surveying the northern part of the Balleny Islands between 1936 and 1938. They named the cape after the William Scoresby , next to the Discovery II one of two research vessels that were in use at the time for the Discovery Investigations Use were.

Web links

• Cape Scoresby in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Cape Scoresby on geographic.org (English)