Cape Hoadley () is a prominent rock coastal outcrop forming the west portal of the valley occupied by Scott Glacier in

East Antarctica East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority (two-thirds) of the Antarctic continent, lying on the Indian Ocean side of the continent, separated from West Antarctica by the Transantarctic Mountains. It lies almost ...

. It was discovered by the

Western Base Party The Western Base Party was a successful exploration party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The eight-man Western Party was deposited by the SY ''Aurora'' on the Shackleton Ice Shelf at Queen Mary Land. The leader of the team was Fran ...

of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under

Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader durin ...

in November 1912, and named by him for C.A. Hoadley, a geologist with the party.

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Headlands of Queen Mary Land {{QueenMaryLand-geo-stub