Cape Wheatstone
| Cape Wheatstone | ||
 Topographic map with the distinctive triangular Hallett Peninsula and Cape Wheatstone |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 37 ′ S , 170 ° 13 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Borchgrevink coast | |
| Waters | Ross Sea | |
| Waters 2 | Tucker Inlet | |
The Cape Wheatstone a monstrous rock cape at the south end of the Hallett Peninsula on the east coast of the Antarctic Victoria Land . Together with Cape Daniell to the south, it marks the entrance to Tucker Inlet .
The British polar explorer James Clark Ross discovered the cape in 1841 during his Antarctic expedition (1839–1843). Ross named it after the British physicist Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875).
Web links
- Cape Wheatstone in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Wheatstone on geographic.org (English)