Cape Mary Harmsworth is a cape located in Alexandra Land

Alexandra Land

Alexandra Land is a large island located in Franz Josef Land, Russian Federation. Not counting detached and far-lying Victoria Island, it is the westernmost island of the Franz Josef Archipelago.The highest point of the island is...

 (Russian Federation).

This cape is the westernmost point of the Franz Josef Archipelago

Franz Josef Land

Franz Josef Land, Franz Joseph Land, or Francis Joseph's Land is an archipelago located in the far north of Russia. It is found in the Arctic Ocean north of Novaya Zemlya and east of Svalbard, and is administered by Arkhangelsk Oblast. Franz Josef Land consists of 191 ice-covered islands with a...

 proper, not counting far-lying Victoria Island

Victoria Island (Russian Arctic)

Victoria Island is a small Arctic island situated at 80°9'N 36°46'E, halfway between the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard and the Russian archipelago of Franz Josef Land. This westernmost of all Russian Arctic islands is about 14 km² and almost completely covered with ice...

 which is geographically detached from the group.

Cape Mary Harmsworth was named after Alfred Harmsworth' s wife Mary. Alfred Harmsworth, fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

Royal Geographical Society

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

, was the main sponsor of the 1894 Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition

Frederick George Jackson

Frederick George Jackson , British Arctic explorer, was educated at Denstone College and Edinburgh University.-Biography:...

 to Franz Joseph Land.

This is the place that Russian navigator Valerian Albanov

Valerian Albanov

Valerian Ivanovich Albanov was a Russian navigator, best known for being one of only two survivors of the ill-fated Brusilov expedition of 1912.-Biography:...

 of the Svyataya Anna

Svyataya Anna

The ship Svyataya Anna , named after Saint Anne, was the Philomel-class gunvessel HMS Newport launched in England in 1867. She was sold in 1881 and renamed Pandora II. She was purchased again in about 1890 and renamed Blencathra, taking part in expeditions to the north coast of Russia...

reached in 1914 after his long and tragic ordeal on the Polar ice.