Cape Howard is a high, flat-topped, snow-covered cape at the extremity of the peninsula

Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....

 separating Lamplugh and Odom Inlets, on the east coast of Palmer Land

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...

. Discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) who explored along this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named by the 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) for August Howard

August Howard

August Howard was the founder of the American Polar Society in 1934 and publisher of the The Polar Times. In 1948 Cape Howard was named for him.-Biography:...

, founder of the American Polar Society

American Polar Society

-Honorary members:Starting in 1936 the following explorers, arctic scientists and geographers have been honored:*David Legge Brainard . He was the first to receive an honorary membership.*Richard Evelyn Byrd .*Vilhjalmur Stefansson ....

 and editor of the The Polar Times

The Polar Times

The Polar Times is the publication of American Polar Society. It was first published by August Howard in 1935. In 1946 the Polar Times Glacier was named in honor of the publication.-External links:*...

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