Cape Teall

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Cape Teall
Geographical location
Cape Teall (Antarctica)
Cape Teall
Coordinates 79 ° 3 ′  S , 161 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 79 ° 3 ′  S , 161 ° 4 ′  E
location Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Waters Ross Ice Shelf
Waters 2 Mulock Inlet and Mulock Glacier

The Cape Teall is a high rocky cape at the Hillary Coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . As the southeastern extension of the Worcester Range , it marks the northern boundary of Mulock Inlet on the western flank of the Ross Ice Shelf .

It was discovered during the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It is named after Jethro Teall (1849–1924), a British geologist and petrologist.

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