
Cape James is a cape which forms the southern tip of
Smith Island in the
South Shetland Islands,
Antarctica. The name appears on a chart based upon the 1828–31 British naval expedition under Captain
Henry Foster, and is now well established in international usage.
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Location
The point is located at which is south-southwest of Elin Pelin Point, southwest of Organa Peak, west-southwest of Suhindol Point and northwest of Low Island (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).
Maps
Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c.
from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
* L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. (First edition 2009. )
South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands.
Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
* L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
References
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Headlands of Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
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