Cape Wheatstone
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Cape Wheatstone is a bold rock cape that forms the south end of Hallett Peninsula
and marks the north entrance to Tucker Inlet
, Victoria Land
. Discovered in January 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross who named it for Sir Charles Wheatstone, English physicist and inventor.
Hallett Peninsula
Hallett Peninsula is a triangular, dome-shaped peninsula, 20 nautical miles long, with 1,500 m cliffs on its E. seaboard side and 300 m on its west side. The peninsula extends from Cape Hallett to Cape Wheatstone and is joined to the mainland by a narrow ridge between Tucker Glacier and Edisto...
and marks the north entrance to Tucker Inlet
Tucker Inlet
Tucker Inlet is an ice-filled inlet identing the coast of Victoria Land between Capes Wheatstone and Daniell. Discovered in February 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross who named this feature for Charles T. Tucker, master of the Erebus....
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Discovered in January 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross who named it for Sir Charles Wheatstone, English physicist and inventor.