Cape Hickey is a cape on the coast of Victoria Land

Victoria Land

Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...

, just east of Charcot Cove

Charcot Cove

Charcot Cove is a re-entrant in the coast of Victoria Land between Bruce Point and Cape Hickey. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, which named this feature for Dr. Jean-Baptiste Charcot, noted Arctic and Antarctic explorer....

 and Marin Glacier. It forms the outer, north portal of the re-entrant through which Mawson Glacier

Mawson Glacier

Mawson Glacier is a large glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, descending eastward from the polar plateau, to the north of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjold Ice Tongue...

 flows to the Ross Sea

Ross Sea

The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land.-Description:The Ross Sea was discovered by James Ross in 1841. In the west of the Ross Sea is Ross Island with the Mt. Erebus volcano, in the east Roosevelt Island. The southern part is covered...

. Mapped by United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) in 1964 for Lieutenant John Hickey, U.S. Navy, pilot with Navy Squadron VX-6, who participated in Topo North and South surveys in 1962.