COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

NW point of Bluff Island (q.v.) and W entrance point of Murray Harbour, Danco Coast, was roughly charted by Hoseason, First Mate in the sealer Sprightly (Capt. E. Hughes), in 1824 and called descriptively Bluff Point (Powell, chart, 1828; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; [incorrectly positioned on Hughes Bay] Gould, 1941, p.239); further charted as part of the mainland by BeAE, 7 February 1898, and named Cap Murray after Sir John Murray (1841-1914), British marine biologist and oceanographer; naturalist in HMS Challenger, 1872-76, who was a benefactor of BeAE (Lecointe, map, 1899; 1900a, map facing p.132). Cape Murray (Cook, 1900, map p.xx; BA chart 1238, ix.1908; [as NW point of island in 64°18'S 61°41'W] 3205, 25.iii.1937; APC, 1955, p.15; [co-ordinates corrected] BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961; APC, 1977, p.23). Pointe Bluff (Gerlache, 1902b, p.140). Capo Murray (Gerlache, 1902a). Kap Murray (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol.1, p.56). Cabo Murray (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904-05, Tomo1, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.536; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.206). Kaap Murray (Nordenskjöld and others, 1907, p.21). Kapp Murray (HA chart, 1928). [Murray Snowfield, South Georgia, was probably also named after Sir John Murray (Hattersley-Smith, 1980b, p.61-62).]

A cape forming the western end of Murray Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the BelgAE under Lt. Adrien de Gerlache (1897-99) and at the time considered to be joined to Graham Land. Named by Gerlache, presumably for Sir John Murray, British marine zoologist and oceanographer, an ardent advocate of Antarctic research.

Cabo cartografiado primero por la Expedición Antártica Belga, dirigida por el teniente Adrien de Gerlache, en los años 1897-1899, quien pensó que era una parte de la península Tierra de O'Higgins, recibe su nombre en honor a Sir John Murray, oceanógrafo y zoólogo de la Marina Británica dedicado a rebuscamientos antárticos. Extremidad W de un grupo de islas situadas a 5 cables al W de la península que separa a bahía Hughes y bahía Charlotte, en la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. Se abre entre las penínsulas Smith y Bowman en la costa SE de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.

Sir John Murray, homme de sciences anglais qui prit part à l'expédition du Challenger et dont les pubblications servirent à l'expédition de la Belgique (1897-1899).