Cape Framnes is a cape which forms the northeast end of Jason Peninsula

Jason Peninsula

Jason Peninsula is a large peninsula on the east coast of Graham Land comprising several mainly snow-covered summits. It rises above Larsen Ice Shelf and extends from the narrow neck of land east of Medea Dome for 42 miles, terminating in Cape Framnes...

, on the east coast of Graham Land

Graham Land

Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

. Discovered and named in 1893 by a Norwegian expedition under C.A. Larsen. The name is probably descriptive. Larsen reported that he gave the name Framnes (forward point) to the promontory which shoots off in an eastern direction from Mount Jason

Mount Jason

Mount Jason is a peak just west of Bull Pass in the Olympus Range of Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for a figure in Greek mythology....

(now Jason Peninsula). He said it appeared to be the most advanced point of land which his expedition saw here.