Cape Howard () is a high, flat-topped, snow-covered cape at the extremity of the peninsula separating

Lamplugh Inlet Snyder Peninsula () is a high, ice-covered peninsula on the south side of Lamplugh Inlet terminating in Cape Howard, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location The Snyder Peninsula is on the Black Coast of Palmer Land, beside the ...

and

Odom Inlet Odom Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet 9 miles long, between Cape Howard and Cape MacDonald along the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered by members of the US Antarctic Service (USAS) who explored this coast from East Base both by land ...

, on the east coast of

Palmer Land Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic ...

, Antarctica. It was discovered by members of the

United States Antarctic Service The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...

who explored along this coast by land and from the air in 1940, and was named by the

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

for

August Howard August Howard (January 2, 1910 - December 4, 1988) was the founder of the American Polar Society in 1934 and publisher of ''The Polar Times''. In 1948 Cape Howard was named for him. Biography He was born on January 2, 1910, as August Horowitz to ...

, founder of the

American Polar Society The American Polar Society was founded in 1934 by August Howard. Honorary members Starting in 1936 the following explorers, arctic scientists and geographers have been honored: *David Legge Brainard (1936). He was the first to receive an honorary ...

and editor of ''

The Polar Times ''The Polar Times'' is the publication of American Polar Society. It was first published by August Howard in 1935. In 1946 the Polar Times Glacier Polar Times Glacier () is a glacier on Ingrid Christensen Coast, flowing northward between Svart ...

''.

References

Headlands of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub