Cape Borley
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Cape Borley is an ice-covered cape
Cape (geography)
In geography, a cape or headland is a point or body of land extending into a body of water, usually the sea.A cape usually represents a marked change in trend of the coastline. Their proximity to the coastline makes them prone to natural forms of erosion, mainly tidal actions. This results in capes...

 protruding slightly from the coast midway between Cape Batterbee
Cape Batterbee
Cape Batterbee is a small, rocky point on the coast, the most northerly cape of Enderby Land. It is located 92 km north of Mount Elkins.-Discovery and naming:Cape Batterbee was discovered by BANZARE on 13 January 1930...

 and Magnet Bay
Magnet Bay
Magnet Bay is a shallow coastal indentation, 7 miles wide and receding only 2 miles, located 9 miles west of Cape Davis at the northwest side of Edward VIII Plateau, in Antarctica...

. It was discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for John Oliver Borley, a member of the Discovery Committee
Discovery Committee
The Discovery Committee was a popular name for the Interdepartmental Committee for the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands established by the British Government to carry out scientific investigations and to propose nature resource conservation and economic development policies for the Falkland...

, who assisted BANZARE with arrangements to take over the Discovery
RRS Discovery
The RRS Discovery was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Designed for Antarctic research, she was launched in 1901. Her first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first, successful...

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