Cape Webb
| Cape Webb | ||
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 51 ′ S , 146 ° 55 ′ E | |
| location | East Antarctica | |
| coast | George V coast | |
| Waters | Ainsworth Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Doolette Bay | |
The Cape Webb is a chapter that on the East Antarctic Georg V. Coast lies. It separates Ainsworth Bay from Doolette Bay and marks the western boundary of the mouth of the Ninnis Glacier .
It was discovered during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . Mawson named the bay after Eric Norman Webb (1889-1984), chief geomagnetist on the main base of the expedition in the Commonwealth Bay .
Web links
- Cape Webb in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Webb on geographic.org (English)