Cape Spencer-Smith
| Cape Spencer-Smith | ||
 Map of White Island (top right) with Cape Spencer-Smith |
||
| Geographical location | ||
|
||
| Coordinates | 78 ° 0 ′ S , 167 ° 27 ′ E | |
| location | White Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf | |
Cape Spencer-Smith is the northern cape of White Island in the Antarctic Ross Archipelago off the east coast of the Victoria Land .
Participants of the 1958-1959 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition made the name. Namesake is Arnold Spencer-Smith (1883-1916), member of the Ross Sea Party led by Aeneas Mackintosh in the endurance expedition (1914-1917) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton , who died of emaciation and scurvy during this venture .
Web links
- Cape Spencer-Smith in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Spencer-Smith on geographic.org (English)