Cape Carr () is a prominent, ice-covered cape, lying northeast of
Cape Morse
Cape Morse () is a low, ice-covered cape which marks the east side of the entrance to Porpoise Bay and forms the division between Banzare Coast and Clarie Coast in Wilkes Land, Antarctica. It was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy O ...
.
History
It was delineated from air photos taken by
U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47). The
United States Exploring Expedition
The United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842 was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States. The original appointed commanding officer was Commodore Thomas ap Catesby ...
(1838–42) under
Charles Wilkes
Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and List of explorers, explorer. He led the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842).
During the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865 ...
gave the name Cape Carr to an ice cape in about , naming it for Lieutenant
Overton Carr of the flagship
''Vincennes''. Identification of Cape Carr is based on the correlation of Wilkes' chart of 1840 with
G.D. Blodgett's reconnaissance map of 1955, compiled from air photos, taking into account the relative southwest shift of
Porpoise Bay from the 3456 to the 15464 map positions.
References
Headlands of Wilkes Land
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