Cape Wadworth

	Cape Wadworth
	; Topographic map of Coulman Island with Cape Wadworth
	Geographical location
Coordinates	73 ° 19 ′ S , 169 ° 47 ′ E Coordinates: 73 ° 19 ′ S , 169 ° 47 ′ E
location	Coulman Island , Antarctica
Waters	Ross Sea

Cape Wadworth is the northern branch of Coulman Island off the Borchgrevink coast of East Antarctica, Victoria .

The British polar explorer James Clark Ross discovered it on January 17, 1841 during his Antarctic expedition (1839-1843). He named it after the Wadworth Hall mansion in Doncaster , the residence of Robert John Coulman, the uncle of Ross' wife. The British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott erected a mailbox on this cape on January 15, 1902 as part of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) in the form of a metal cylinder attached to an 8 m high red pole. This mailbox is now one of the Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica.

Web links

Cape Wadworth in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
Cape Wadworth on geographic.org (English)

Individual evidence

↑ List of historical sites and monuments as Annex 3 of the Antarctic Protection Areas Ordinance (PDF; 141 kB) of April 25, 2005, Federal Law Gazette 2005 Part II No. 10, p. 386 ff. Accessed on October 10, 2018.

[1] List of historical sites and monuments as Annex 3 of the Antarctic Protection Areas Ordinance (PDF; 141 kB) of April 25, 2005, Federal Law Gazette 2005 Part II No. 10, p. 386 ff. Accessed on October 10, 2018.