COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

on N side of Whirlwind Inlet, dividing Foyn Coast from Bowman Coast, was seen from the air by Wilkins, 20 December 1928, and named after John Knudsen Northrop (1895-1967), designer of the Lockheed aircraft used on the Wilkins-Hearst Antarctic Expedition, 1928-29 ([in c. 67°30'S 62°45'W] Wilkins, 1929, p.366; Wordie, 1929, map following p.304; BA chart 3175, 7.vii.1933; 1.iii.1940; [coordinates corrected] 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.16; DCS 601 sheet 67 64, 1955; [referring in error to Tent Nunatak, q.v.] BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981). Cape Northrup [sic] (Ellsworth, 1938, p.293). The cape was photographed from the air by USAS in 1940. Cabo Northrop (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.554; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.213). Following survey by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in December 1947, and in the absence of published photographs by Wilkins, it was not possible to identify with certainty the feature originally seen by him, and it was decided to apply the name to the present feature lying in the approximate latitude reported by him. Cabo Policarpo Toro, so called by CAE probably after a member of the expedition (Orrego Vicuña, 1948, p.202). Mys Nortrop (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Conspicuous, rocky bluff which rises to 1,160 m, forming the N side of the entrance to Whirlwind Inlet, on the E coast of Graham Land. Discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins on a flight of Dec. 20, 1928, and named for Jack Northrop, designer of the Lockheed airplane used on the expedition. The cape was photographed by the USAS in 1940 and charted by the FIDS in 1947.

El 20 de diciembre del año 1928, Sir Hubert Wilkins lo avistó desde el aire. Fue denominado así en honor a Jack Northrop, diseñador del avión Lockheed usado en la Expedición. Acantilado de piedra desnuda notable, de paredes casi verticales que se alzan a 1.161 metros de altura, situado a 48 millas al SW de cabo Robinson, en la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.