Cape Keeler () is an ice-covered

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, which rises gently northwestward to , forming the south side of the entrance to

Revelle Inlet Revelle Inlet () is a broad, ice-filled inlet which recedes west some 15 nautical miles (28 km) between Cape Agassiz and Cape Keeler, along the east coast of Palmer Land. The inlet lies in the area explored from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins ...

and the northeast side of the entrance to

Delisle Inlet Delisle Inlet ( bg, залив Дьолил, ‘Zaliv Delisle’ \'za-liv dyo-'lil\) is the 8.4 km wide ice-filled inlet indenting for 12.7 km the southeast side of Kenyon Peninsula, Wilkins Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula. It is enter ...

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 on December 20, 1928, by Sir

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, who named it for Fred E. Keeler of the

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. An advance base and meteorological station was established at Cape Keeler by the

Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Background Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored ex ...

under

Finn Ronne Finn Ronne (December 20, 1899 – January 12, 1980) was a Norwegian-born U.S. citizen and Antarctic explorer. Background Finn Ronne was born in Horten, in Vestfold county, Norway. His father, Martin Rønne (1861–1932), was a polar explorer ...

in 1947–48.

References

Headlands of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub