Cape Collier
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Cape Collier is a broad ice-covered cape on the east coast of Palmer Land
, about midway between the south end of Hearst Island
and Cape Boggs
. It was discovered in 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service who explored this coast by land and from the air from East Base, and named for Zadick Collier, machinist at the East Base.
Palmer Land
Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...
, about midway between the south end of Hearst Island
Hearst Island
Hearst Island is an ice-covered, dome-shaped island lying east of Cape Rymill, in the Weddell Sea, off the eastern coast of Palmer Land. The island is long, in a North-South direction, wide, and rises to ....
and Cape Boggs
Cape Boggs
Cape Boggs is a bold, ice-covered headland marking the east extremity of Eielson Peninsula, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by members of East Base of the United States Antarctic Service who charted this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named for S.W. Boggs, Geographer, Dept...
. It was discovered in 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service who explored this coast by land and from the air from East Base, and named for Zadick Collier, machinist at the East Base.