Cape Simpson

Cape Simpson is a high rocky bluff at the north end of Ufs Island, forming the east side of the entrance to Howard Bay.

For the headland in Greenland, see Cape Simpson (Greenland).
Cape Simpson
Cape
Cape Simpson is located in Antarctica
Cape Simpson
Cape Simpson
Coordinates: 67°28′S 61°8′W
LocationUfs Island
Offshore water bodiesWeddell Sea
Area
 • TotalAntarctica

Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson. He named it for A. A. Simpson of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, who helped finance Mawson's Antarctic expeditions.[1]

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Cape Simpson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 

References
  1. Today Not Tomorrow: A Century of Progress pub. A. Simpson & Son Ltd. Adelaide 1954


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