Cape Elliott

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Cape Elliott ( 65°52′S102°35′E / 65.867°S 102.583°E / -65.867; 102.583 Coordinates: 65°52′S102°35′E / 65.867°S 102.583°E / -65.867; 102.583 ) is an ice-covered cape marking the northern extremity of the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land, Antarctica. It fronts on Shackleton Ice Shelf, 28 nautical miles (52 km) southwest of Bowman Island. It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47) and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after J.L. Elliott, chaplain on the sloop Vincennes of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Charles Wilkes. [1]

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Knox Coast

Knox Coast, part of Wilkes Land, is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between Cape Hordern, at 100°31′E, and the Hatch Islands, at 109°16′E.

Wilkes Land geographic region

Wilkes Land is a large district of land in eastern Antarctica, formally claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, though the validity of this claim has been placed for the period of the operation of the Antarctic Treaty, to which Australia is a signatory. It fronts on the southern Indian Ocean between Queen Mary Coast and Adelie Land, extending from Cape Hordern in 100°31' E to Pourquoi Pas Point, in 136°11' E. The region extends as a sector about 2600 km towards the South Pole, with an estimated land area of 2,600,000 km², mostly glaciated. It is further subdivided in the following coastal areas which can also be thought of as sectors extending to the South Pole:

  1. Knox Land: 100°31' E to 109°16' E
  2. Budd Land: 109°16' E to 115°33' E
  3. Sabrina Land: 115°33' E to 122°05' E
  4. Banzare Land: 122°05' E to 130°10' E
  5. Clarie Land: 130°10' E to 136°11' E

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The Mizar Nunataks are a small cluster of rock nunataks near the Antarctic polar plateau, 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of the Wilhoite Nunataks. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after the USNS Mizar, a cargo vessel in the U.S. convoy to McMurdo Sound in U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze, 1962.

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