Cape Christie
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Cape Christie is a cape situated 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Cape Hallett
, marking the west side of the entrance to Edisto Inlet
on the coast of Victoria Land
. It was discovered, January 15, 1841, by Sir James Clark Ross
and named for Professor Samuel Hunter Christie
, of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Cape Hallett
Cape Hallett is a snow-free area on the northern tip of the Hallett Peninsula on the Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. A very large Adelie penguin rookery is located at Cape Hallett...
, marking the west side of the entrance to Edisto Inlet
Edisto Inlet
Edisto Inlet is a rectangular arm of Moubray Bay, 7 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, entered between Cape Hallett and Cape Christie. The USS this branch of Moubray Bay in February 1956, and the name Edisto Bay was given at that time. Edisto Inlet has overtaken the earlier name in...
on the coast of Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. It was discovered, January 15, 1841, by Sir James Clark Ross
James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross , was a British naval officer and explorer. He explored the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry, and later led his own expedition to Antarctica.-Arctic explorer:...
and named for Professor Samuel Hunter Christie
Samuel Hunter Christie
Samuel Hunter Christie was a British scientist and mathematician.He studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge where he was second wrangler. He was particularly interested in magnetism, studying the earth's magnetic field and designing improvements to the magnetic compass...
, of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.