Cape Kerr
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Cape Kerr is a high snow-covered cape at the north side of Barne Inlet
, the terminus of Byrd Glacier
at the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf
. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and named for Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Walter Kerr
, one of the Sea Lords who lent his assistance to the expedition.
Barne Inlet
Barne Inlet is a reentrant about wide occupied by the lower part of Byrd Glacier, lying between Cape Kerr and Cape Selborne on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf...
, the terminus of Byrd Glacier
Byrd Glacier
The Byrd Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, about 136 km long and 24 km wide, draining an extensive area of the polar plateau and flowing eastward between the Britannia Range and Churchill Mountains to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet.Named by the NZ-APC after Rear...
at the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...
. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and named for Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Walter Kerr
Lord Walter Kerr
Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, GCB, PC was the British First Naval Lord from 1899 to 1904.-Early Life and Indian Mutiny:...
, one of the Sea Lords who lent his assistance to the expedition.