Cape Timberlake
| Cape Timberlake | ||
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 58 ′ S , 161 ° 37 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Hillary coast | |
| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf | |
| Waters 2 | Skelton Glacier | |
Cape Timberlake is a massive cape on the Hillary coast of East Antarctica, Victoria . It lies on the west side of the confluence of the Skelton Glacier with the Ross Ice Shelf .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the Cape in 1964 after Lieutenant Commander Lewis G. Timberlake (1924–1993) of the United States Navy , who was responsible for public relations at McMurdo Station in 1962.
Web links
- Cape Timberlake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Timberlake on geographic.org (English)