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Cape Alexander

Cape Alexander

Cape in Antarctica

This article is about the Antarctic cape. For the westernmost point in Greenland, see Cape Alexander, Greenland. For the cape in Canada, see Kent Peninsula.

Cape Alexander (66°44′S 62°37′W) is a cape which forms the south end of Churchill Peninsula and the east side of the entrance to Cabinet Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. It was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in December 1947.

Location of Churchill Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.

Cape Alexander was named by the FIDS for Rt. Hon. Albert V. Alexander, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty.

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