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The northern point of Krylov Peninsula on the coast of Oates Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump in 1947. Photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958. Named after a member of the Soviet Expedition, N.I. Buromskiy, who died in Antarctica in 1957.

An ice-covered cape on the western part of the Wilkes Coast, about 31 km ENE of Cape Mose. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The name was originally applied to an ice cape in about 65 degrees 05' 131degrees 30'. by the US Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Wilkes who named it after Lieut. Overton Carr of the expedition flagship Vincennes.

The most westerly cape on the Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island. Named after Lieutenant Commander I. Cartwright, RAN, Captain of HMAS Labuan which relieved the Heard Island station in 1951.

An ice cape marking the western side of the entrance to Davis Bay, Wilkes Coast. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by US ACAN after A M Cesney, master's mate on the Flying Fish of the United States Exploring Expedition under Wilkes (1838-42). Accurately mapped by Phillip Law from the MV Kista Dan in 1956.

A rocky point at the north-east end of the Melba Peninsula in Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14).

A cape about 57 km west of Proclamation Island, Enderby Land. Discovered on 13 January, 1930, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Sir Charles Close, President of the Royal Geographical Society, 1927-30. NOTE (Mapping Officer 2011) The coast in this region is an ice coast and Cape Close is not an obvious feature on the satellite image.

A cape on the western side of Edward VIII Gulf. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Skutenes (Barge Point). First visited by an ANARE sledging party led by R Dovers in 1954.

An ice cape on the Mawson Coast of Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on 13 February 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Senator Daly of the Australian Commonwealth Senate.

An ice cape marking the northern extremity of Bjerkø+ Peninsula in the eastern part of Mac.Robertson Land. On the evening of 26 December, 1929, Sir Douglas Mawson of BANZARE (1929-31) reported that the surface of the ice-cap in the Cape Darnley region was miraged into view from the deck of the Discovery. This was entered as an appearance of land and left for later investigation. Cape Darnley was again sighted and named by BANZARE on 11 February, 1931; the Discovery was in the vicinity until 12 February. Named after E R Darnley, Chairman of the Discovery Committee of the Colonial Office, London.

A bend in the ice coast of Kemp Land, east of Magnet Bay. Discovered on 12 January, 1930, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Captain J K Davis, master of the Discovery, and second-in-command of the expedition, 1929-30. NOTE by Mapping Officer July 2011: The ice coast in this region has no definite cape feature and I relied on the National Mapping 1:1M map SQ39/40 for the location of the cape.

An ice cape on the eastern side of Mawson Peninsula in George V Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956. Named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition after B V Davydov, Russian Hydrographer.

A prominent cape west of the Mertz Glacier on the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after C P de la Motte, a member of the expedition.

A rocky cape on the eastern side of Commonwealth Bay, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered in 1912 by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Sir Hugh Denison of Sydney, a patron of the expedition.

"Cape Descent forms a group of three hills, connected to the ice cap to the east and flanked there by moraine lines, and to the north faces a steep ice scour and narrow bay. Rock samples collected at the site in 1976 have been dated at over 3400 million years old. Named after the traverse in 1992 which ended in a steep ice descent from the north west facing flank of the Cape."

An ice cape on the coast of George V Land about 28 km west of Cape Hudson. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958). Named by the Soviet Expedition after I N Dmitriev, Soviet marine navigator.

A prominent cape on the ice coast of Queen Mary Land, south of Henderson Island. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after G. Dovers, a member of the expedition.

A cape about 2.5 kms south-east from the easternmost point of Torckler Island in the Rauer Group. The cape forms the northern arm of the two arms of Macey Peninsula. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

An ice-covered cape marking the northern extremity of the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by the USACAN after J.L. Elliott, chaplain on the sloop Vincennes of the US Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Wilkes.

Cape Eolovyj lies 3.5 km NNE of Oasis Station in the Bunger Hills. It forms the south-western cape of the long straight section of coast which forms the south-eastern shore of Rybii Khvost Gulf. The cape is formed of cliffs up to 25 m in height, where there is a shelf before rising steeply to 89 m. The cape was charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

A cape in the Thala Hills, Enderby Land, about 6 km east of Molodezhnaya station. Photographed by ANARE in 1956 and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1957. Named Mys Nikolaya Feoktistov after N Ya Feoktistov, Soviet Expedition meterologist.