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Cape Chelyuskin
Cape Chelyuskin (Мыс Челюскина, Mys Chelyuskina) is the northernmost point of mainland Eurasia, on the Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, at about 77.72°N; reached by Semyon Chelyuskin in 1742.
Cape Christmas
Cape Christmas, also Cabo Christmas or Mys Kristmas, is a 320 m rock cape on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica, at the north entrance to Wüst Inlet, named by FIDS after spending Christmas Day 1947 there.
Cape Cloos
Cape Cloos (Cloos, Cabo) is a high rock cape on Kyiv Peninsula, west Graham Land, Antarctica, at 65°07′S 64°00′W, marking the north entrance to Girard Bay at the south end of the Lemaire Channel; discovered and named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition 1897-99 for Christian Cloos.
Cape Cod
Cape Cod is a 394-square-mile sandy peninsula in southeastern Massachusetts, formed by Laurentide ice-sheet lobes about 23,000 years ago and reshaped since by waves, longshore currents, erosion, and rising sea level.
Cape Colbeck (cape)
Cape Colbeck, an ice-covered cape at 77°07'S 158°01'W forming the NW extremity of Edward VII Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica; discovered January 1902 by the BrNAE and named for Lt. William Colbeck of the relief ship Morning; distinct from the Colbeck Archipelago in East Antarctica.
Cape Collier
Cape Collier, also Cabo Collier, is a broad ice-covered cape at 70°10′S 61°54′W on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica, midway between Hearst Island and Cape Boggs, forming the north side of the entrance to Smith Inlet.
Cape Conway
Cape Conway (Conway, Cape; Cabo Conway) is the rounded, ice-free-tipped cape forming the south point of Snow Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Charted by Foster in 1829 and named for HMS Conway; about 1,200 chinstrap penguin pairs breed there.
Cape Deacon
Cape Deacon (Deacon, Cabo) is an ice-covered cape in Antarctica at 73°14′52″S, 59°59′14″W, elevation 13 m, near Kemp Peninsula; recorded in USGS Geographic Names of Antarctica and GeoNames ID 6631929.
Cape Disappointment (cape)
Cape Disappointment is a 700-foot basalt headland on the north side of the Columbia River mouth, Washington, named by John Meares in 1788 after he failed to find the river; Chinook name Kah'eese, now within Cape Disappointment State Park.
Cape Dubouzet
Cape Dubouzet (Dubouzet, Cape; Cabo Dubouzet) is a cape marking the northeast extremity of the Antarctic Peninsula at 63°16'S 57°03'W, charted in 1838 by Dumont d'Urville and named for Lt. Joseph Dubouzet of the ship Zélée.
Cape Ducorps
Cape Ducorps is an Antarctic cape marking the north end of Cockerell Peninsula on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula, at about 63°23'S, 58°09'W. Discovered by Dumont d'Urville's French expedition of 1837-40 and named for expedition member Louis-Jacques Ducorps.
Cape Errera
Cape Errera (Errera, Cape) is a cape at the southwest end of Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, at 64°55'S, 63°37'W. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1898 and named for the Errera family of Brussels.
Cape Fanning
Cape Fanning (Fanning, Cape) is a cape on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Violante Inlet; discovered by the USAS on December 30, 1940 and named for sealer Edmund Fanning.
Cape Framnes
Cape Framnes (Framnes, Cabo; Kap Framnæs) is a steep cape at the northeast end of Jason Peninsula, Graham Land, NW of the Weddell Sea; discovered and named by C.A. Larsen's Norwegian expedition in 1893.
Cape Garcia
Cape Garcia, also written Garcia, Cape (Spanish: García, cabo), is a cape on the north side of the entrance to Barilari Bay, west Graham Land, Antarctica, at 65°44'S 64°40'W, named by Charcot's expedition.
Cape Grönland
Cape Grönland (Kap Grönland, Cabo Grönland) is the north point of Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula, at 64°15'S 63°21'W. Named 1873-74 by the German Antarctic Expedition after its ship Grönland; charted by Charcot's 1903-05 expedition.
Cape Hatteras
Cape Hatteras is a cape on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where the Gulf Stream meets the Labrador Current over treacherous Diamond Shoals.
Cape Herdman
Cape Herdman (Cabo Herdman, Mys Kherdmen) is an ice-covered cape at 72°36'S 60°36'W, the south entrance point of Violante Inlet, Black Coast, Palmer Land, Antarctica, named in 1953 for British Discovery Investigations oceanographer Henry F. P. Herdman.
Cape Hooker (cape)
Cape Hooker (cape): name shared by several headlands, including capes in Victoria Land Antarctica (70°38'S 166°45'E, named for an Erebus assistant surgeon), Low Island in the South Shetland Islands, and Marion Island's SE extremity.
Cape Horn
Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos, Kaap Hoorn) is the steep southern headland of Hornos Island, Chile, in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at 55°58′S, first rounded by Schouten and Le Maire in January 1616 and named for Hoorn.
Cape James
Cape James (James, Cabo) is a cape at 63°06′S 62°45′W forming the southern tip of Smith Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica; named from Foster's 1828–31 British survey, distinct from a Canadian Cape James in British Columbia.
Cape Jeremy
Cape Jeremy, a cape on the Fallières Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula at 69°24'S 68°50'W, marks the northeast entrance to George VI Sound and the western end of the Graham Land–Palmer Land boundary line.
Cape Kaiser
Cape Kaiser (Cap Kaiser, Cabo Kaiser) is a cape at the northern end of Lecointe Island, east of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, at about 64°14'S 62°00'W; discovered and named by de Gerlache's 1897-99 Belgian expedition for Pierre Kaiser.
Cape Keeler
Cape Keeler (Cabo Keeler) is an ice-covered cape at 68°51'S 63°13'W on the Wilkins Coast, Palmer Land, Antarctica, the SW entrance point of Revelle Inlet, discovered by Hubert Wilkins in 1928 and named for Fred E. Keeler of Lockheed.
Cape Kinnes
Cape Kinnes (Kinnes, Cape) is the western cape of Joinville Island, off the northeast Antarctic Peninsula, at about 63°21'S 56°33'W. Named for R. Kinnes by the 1892-93 Dundee whaling expedition; distinct from Cape Kinsey, Oates Land.
Cape Knowles
Cape Knowles (Cabo Knowles) is a 305 m cape on the Black Coast, east Palmer Land, Antarctica, at 71°48′S 60°50′W, marking the north side of Hilton Inlet's entrance; discovered by the U.S. Antarctic Service in 1940 and named for geologist Paul H. Knowles.
Cape Lancaster
Cape Lancaster (Lancaster, Cape; Albert Lancaster, Cap) is a cape at the southern point of Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, at the SW entrance to Neumayer Channel, charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1898 and named for Albert Lancaster.
Cape Legoupil
Cape Legoupil, a cape at the northeast entrance of Huon Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, at 63°19'S 57°54'W; charted 1838 by d'Urville's French expedition, named for artist Ernest-Auguste Goupil, site of Chile's O'Higgins station (1948) and the Early Triassic Legoupil Formation.
Cape Lindsey
Cape Lindsey (Lindsey, Cape) is a cape on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, at 61°06'S 55°29'W; roughly charted and named by Powell in 1820-22, distinct from the Lindsey Islands of the Amundsen Sea.
Cape Lloyd
Cape Lloyd (Lloyd, Cape) is the north point of Clarence Island, South Shetland Islands, British Antarctic Territory, at 61°07'47.3"S 54°00'37.1"W; charted by Bransfield in February 1820 as Lloyds Promontory.