Cape Monaco () is a cape which forms the southwest tip of

Anvers Island Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, the largest in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was discovered by John Biscoe in 1832 and named in 1898 by the Belgian Antarc ...

, in the

Palmer Archipelago Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anver ...

, Antarctica. Gossler Islands and

Chukovezer Island Chukovezer Island ( bg, остров Чуковезер, ostrov Chukovezer, ) is the rocky island lying off the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-pop ...

are lying respectively 3 km west and 7.2 km north of the cape. Cape Monaco was discovered by a German expedition in 1873–74, under

Eduard Dallmann Eduard Dallmann (11 March 1830 – 23 December 1896) was a German whaler, trader, and Polar explorer. Dallmann was born in Blumenthal, at-the-time a village just to the north of Bremen. He began his adventures as a young sailor at the age of&n ...

, but its relationship to Anvers Island was not known at that time. It was later charted by the Third French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under

Jean-Baptiste Charcot Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot (15 July 1867 – 16 September 1936), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893). Life Jean-Bap ...

, and named by him for

Albert I, Prince of Monaco Albert I (Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi; 13 November 1848 – 26 June 1922) was Prince of Monaco from 10 September 1889 until his death. He devoted much of his life to oceanography, exploration and science. Alongside his expeditions, Albert ...

, a patron of the expedition.

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Cape Monaco Headlands of the Palmer Archipelago {{AnversIsland-geo-stub

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