Cape Pepin () is an ice-covered cape between
Ravin Bay
Ravin Bay () is a small bay
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and
Barre Glacier in
Antarctica
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. Discovered in 1840 by the French expedition under Captain
Jules Dumont d'Urville
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and named by him for his wife
Adele Pepin. The area was charted by the
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south of Australia. Mawson had been inspired to lead his own venture by his experiences on Ernest ...
in 1912–13, and again by the
British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition
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(BANZARE) in 1931, both under Mawson. The cape was more recently delineated from aerial photographs taken by
U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47.
Headlands of Adélie Land
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