Cape Williams () is an ice-covered cape in
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest co ...
. It is the termination of
Buell Peninsula at the east side of the terminus of
Lillie Glacier at the lower ends of
George Glacier and
Zykov Glacier. The peninsula is 15 nautical miles (28 km) long and is situated at the extremity of the
Pennell Coast
Pennell Coast is that portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Williams and Cape Adare. To the west of Cape Williams lies Oates Coast, and to the east and south of Cape Adare lies Borchgrevink Coast. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Plac ...
portion of
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. I ...
, lying between Cape Williams and
Cape Adare. It was discovered in February 1911 when the
Terra Nova of the
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, explored the area westward of
Cape North, and it was named for William Williams, Chief Engine-room Artificer on the Terra Nova.
Headlands of Victoria Land
Pennell Coast
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