Cape King
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Cape King is a cape along the coast of Victoria Land
, forming the seaward end of the rocky west wall of Wylde Glacier
where the glacier
enters Lady Newnes Bay
, Ross Sea
. Mapped by United States Geological Survey
(USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Geoffrey A. King, ionospheric and geomagnetic scientist at Hallett Station, 1958.
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...
, forming the seaward end of the rocky west wall of Wylde Glacier
Wylde Glacier
Wylde Glacier is a glacier situated east of Mount Murchison in the Mountaineer Range, draining south between Dessent Ridge and Cape King into Lady Newnes Bay, Victoria Land. Named in 1966 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Leonard Wylde, scientific officer at Hallett Station,...
where the glacier
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
enters Lady Newnes Bay
Lady Newnes Bay
Lady Newnes Bay is a bay about 60 mi long in the western Ross Sea, extending along the coast of Victoria Land from Cape Sibbald to Coulman Island. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, led by Carstens Borchgrevink. He named it for Lady Newnes, whose husband, Sir George...
, 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 surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. 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) for Geoffrey A. King, ionospheric and geomagnetic scientist at Hallett Station, 1958.