Cape Parr
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Cape Parr is a large snow-covered cape along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf
, about 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Gentile Point
. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) under Scott, who named it for Admiral Alfred Arthur Chase Parr, one of Scott's advisors who had served in Arctic exploration.
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...
, about 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Gentile Point
Gentile Point
Gentile Point is a rounded, ice-covered point 7 nautical miles north of Cape Parr, extending seaward from Darley Hills on the west side of Ross Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Peter A. Gentile, Master of USNS Alatna in U.S...
. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) under Scott, who named it for Admiral Alfred Arthur Chase Parr, one of Scott's advisors who had served in Arctic exploration.