Cape Pepin is an ice-covered cape between Ravin Bay

Ravin Bay

Ravin Bay is a small bay between Cape Pepin and the point where Francais Glacier discharges into the sea. Discovered in 1840 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville and named by him for the aspect of the coast, "ravin" being French for ravine....

 and Barre Glacier

Barre Glacier

Barré Glacier is a channel glacier about wide and 5 miles long, flowing north from the continental ice to the coast close east of Cape Pepin. It was delineated from air photos taken by U.S...

. Discovered in 1840 by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont

Jules Dumont

Jules Dumont was born in Roubaix, 1 January 1888, and died at Suresnes, Mont Valérien, 15 June 1943.Dumont was a French militant Communist. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, commanding the Commune de Paris Battalion, XIV International Brigade. He was active in the French Resistance in the Second...

 d'Urville and named by him for his wife Adele Pepin. The area was charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition

Australasian Antarctic Expedition

The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was an Australasian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, who was knighted for his achievements in leading the expedition. In 1910 he began to plan an expedition to chart...

 in 1912-13, and again by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) in 1931, both under Mawson. The cape was more recently delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47.