Worsley, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Worsley (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
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SW of Fothergill Point, Nordenskjöld Coast, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in November 1947; in association with Mount Wild (q.v.), named after Cdr Frank Arthur Worsley, RNR (1872-1943), British polar explorer of New Zealand birth; Master of Endurance on BITAE and of Quest on the Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-22; Joint Leader of an expedition to Franz Josef Land, 1925 (APC, 1955, p.22; BA, 1961, p.146; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). Worsley Cape (BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954). Cabo Worsley (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.730; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.304). The cape was further surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1961. Cabo Ruth, as rejected name (Ruth Ridge, q.v.) (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.304). [Mount Worsley, South Georgia, is also named after Cdr F. A. Worsley (Hattersley-Smith, 1980b, p.97).]
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