Cape Wheeler

	Cape Wheeler
	Geographical location
Coordinates	73 ° 58 ′ S , 60 ° 59 ′ W Coordinates: 73 ° 58 ′ S , 60 ° 59 ′ W
location	Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula
coast	Lassiter coast
Waters	Weddell Sea
Waters 2	Wright Inlet
height	460 m

The Cape Wheeler is a steeply sloping rock kliff of 460 m height at the Lassiter Coast in the east of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms the northern limit of the entrance to Wright Inlet .

The cape was photographed during a flight over the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) in December 1940. Further aerial photographs were taken in 1947 during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948) under the direction of the US polar explorer Finn Ronne . He named it after John Neville Wheeler (1886–1973), President of the North American Newspaper Alliance and supporter of the expedition.

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