Southard, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Southard (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape (8)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An ice-covered cape separating the Banzare and Sabrina Coasts of Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for Samuel Lewis Southard, Secretary of the Navy under President John Quincy Adams. While serving as Senator from New Jersey, Southard was instrumental in initiating interest in a government scientific expedition and gaining congressional authorization of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-42, under Charles Wilkes.
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