Cape Washington
| Cape Washington | ||
 Topographic map sheet Mount Melbourne 1: 250,000, with Cape Washington |
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| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 39 ′ S , 165 ° 25 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Border between the Scott and Borchgrevink coasts | |
| Waters | Wood Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Terra Nova Bay | |
| height | 275 m | |
The Cape Washington is a striking, 275 m high cape , which the south end of the Polar-3 Peninsula highlighted, in turn, the Wood Bay from the Terra Nova Bay in the East Antarctic Victoria Land separates. The cape in turn separates the northern Borchgrevink coast from the southern Scott coast .
It was discovered in 1841 by James Clark Ross during his Antarctic expedition (1839–1843). Ross named the cape after Captain John Washington (1800–1863) of the Royal Navy , co-founder and secretary of the Royal Geographical Society between 1836 and 1840.
Web links
- Cape Washington in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Washington on geographic.org (English)