Cape Spencer
| Cape Spencer | ||
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 0 ′ S , 144 ° 25 ′ E | |
| location | East Antarctica | |
| coast | George V coast | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Ninnis glacier | |
The Cape Spencer is a frozen headland on the East Antarctic Georg V. Coast . On the east side it marks the seaward end of a depression that is occupied by the Ninnis Glacier .
It was discovered during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . He named it after the Australian anthropologist and ethnologist Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860–1929).
Web links
- Cape Spencer in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Spencer on geographic.org (English)