Cape Henderson

Cape Henderson (66°11′S 100°44′E / 66.183°S 100.733°E / -66.183; 100.733Coordinates: 66°11′S 100°44′E / 66.183°S 100.733°E / -66.183; 100.733) is an ice-free cape, overlain by morainic drift, marking the northwest end of the Bunger Hills in Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in February 1947, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for the USS Henderson (DD-785), the destroyer escort of the western task group of Operation Highjump, Task Force 68, 1946–47.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Henderson, Cape". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  2. ↑ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 326. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

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