Cape Framnes () is a cape which forms the northeast end of Jason Peninsula, on the east coast of

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee a ...

, Antarctica. It was discovered and named in 1893 by a Norwegian expedition under

C.A. Larsen Carl Anton Larsen (7 August 1860 – 8 December 1924) was a Norway, Norwegian-born Whaling, whaler and Antarctic explorer who made important contributions to the exploration of Antarctica, the most significant being the first discovery of fos ...

. The name is probably descriptive. Larsen reported that he gave the name Framnes (forward point) to the promontory which shoots off in an eastern direction from "Mount Jason" (now Jason Peninsula). He said it appeared to be the most advanced point of land which his expedition saw here.

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Headlands of Graham Land Oscar II Coast {{OscarIICoast-geo-stub