Cape Selborne
| Cape Selborne | ||
 Map of the northern section of the Shackleton Coast with Cape Selborne (center) |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 23 ′ S , 160 ° 45 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| coast | Hillary and Shackleton Coasts | |
| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf | |
| Waters 2 | Barne Inlet | |
The Cape Selborne is a tall, snowy Cape between the Hillary- and Shackleton Coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . Opposite Cape Kerr, it marks the southern boundary of the entrance to Barne Inlet , the inlet of the Byrd Glacier into the western flank of the Ross Ice Shelf .
Participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904), led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, discovered the cape and named it after William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne (1859-1942).
Web links
- Cape Selborne in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Selborne on geographic.org (English)