Cape Johnson
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Cape Johnson is an ice-covered cape
in northern Wood Bay
at the east side of the terminus of Tinker Glacier
, on the coast of Victoria Land
. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross
, Royal Navy (RN), who named it for Captain Edward John Johnson, RN.
Cape
Cape can be used to describe any sleeveless outer garment, such as a poncho, but usually it is a long garment that covers only the back half of the wearer, fastening around the neck. They were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon, and have had periodic...
in northern Wood Bay
Wood Bay
Wood Bay is a large bay which is bounded by Cape Johnson and Aviator Glacier Tongue on the north and Cape Washington on the south, along the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy , and named by him for Lieutenant James F.L. Wood of the ship Erebus....
at the east side of the terminus of Tinker Glacier
Tinker Glacier
The Tinker Glacier is 25 miles long glacier, draining the central part of the Southern Cross Mountains and flowing SE into Wood Bay, on the coast of Victoria Land. Named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1962–63, for Lieutenant Col...
, 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...
. Discovered in 1841 by Captain 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:...
, Royal Navy (RN), who named it for Captain Edward John Johnson, RN.