Cape Goodenough is an ice-covered cape marking the west side of the entrance to Porpoise Bay

Porpoise Bay, Antarctica

Porpoise Bay is an ice-filled embayment about wide indenting the coast of Antarctica between Cape Goodenough and Cape Morse. The United States Exploring Expedition under Charles Wilkes applied the name "Porpoise Bay", after the USEE brig "Porpoise", to a large bay at about 66°S, 130°E...

 and forming the northernmost projection of Norths Highland

Norths Highland

Norths Highland is an ice-covered upland close south of Cape Goodenough, surmounting the Banzare Coast between Maury and Porpoise Bays. The name "North's High Land" after James H. North, acting master on the brig Porpoise, was applied to an elevated coastal area by the United States Exploring...

 in Antarctica. It was discovered by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson

Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...

 on an airplane flight in January 1931.

Cape Goodenough was named by Mawson for Admiral Sir William Goodenough

William Goodenough

Admiral Sir William Edmund Goodenough GCB, MVO was a senior Royal Navy officer of World War I.-Naval career:Goodenough joined the Royal Navy in 1882. He was appointed Commander of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1905...

, President of the Council, Royal Geographical Society

Royal Geographical Society

The Royal Geographical Society is a British learned society founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences...

from 1930 to 1933.