Cape Spencer (Antarctica)

For the cape on White Island, see Cape Spencer-Smith.

Cape Spencer (68°24′S 147°29′E / 68.400°S 147.483°E / -68.400; 147.483) is an ice-covered point marking on the east the seaward end of the depression occupied by the Ninnis Glacier, located in George V Land.[1]

It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914) under Douglas Mawson.[1] He named it in 1911 for Sir Baldwin Spencer, the Director of the National Museum in Melbourne.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Stewart, John (1990). Antarctica: An Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 951. ISBN 0-89950-598-8.
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