Cape Murray, Graham Land
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Cape Murray is a cape forming the western end of Murray Island
just off the west coast of Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula
in Graham Land
, Antarctica, separating Hughes Bay
to the northeast from Charlotte Bay
to the south. First charted by the 1897-99 Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Lt. Adrien de Gerlache
, and considered at the time as joined to the mainland. Named by Gerlache, presumably for Sir John Murray
, British marine zoologist and oceanographer, an ardent advocate of Antarctic research.
Murray Island (Antarctica)
Murray Island is an island 6 nautical miles long lying at the southwest side of Hughes Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. The feature has been known to sealers operating in the area since the 1820s, although it was shown on charts as part of the mainland. In 1922 the whale catcher Graham...
just off the west coast of Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula
Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula
Pefaur Peninsula is the heavily glaciated peninsula projecting 11 km in northwest direction from Danco Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by Hughes Bay to the northeast and Charlotte Bay to the south, and separated from Brabant Island to the northwest by Gerlache Strait.The...
in 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...
, Antarctica, separating Hughes Bay
Hughes Bay
Hughes Bay is the 42 km wide bay indenting for 20 km Danco Coast on the west side of Graham Land, Antarctica, lying south of Chavdar Peninsula and north of Pefaur Peninsula, and entered between Cape Sterneck and Cape Murray....
to the northeast from Charlotte Bay
Charlotte Bay
Charlotte Bay is a bay on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula indenting the west coast of Graham Land in a southeast direction for , between Reclus Peninsula and Cape Murray...
to the south. First charted by the 1897-99 Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Lt. Adrien de Gerlache
Adrien de Gerlache
Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery was an officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899.-His early years:...
, and considered at the time as joined to the mainland. Named by Gerlache, presumably for Sir John Murray
John Murray (oceanographer)
Sir John Murray KCB FRS FRSE FRSGS was a pioneering Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist.-Early life:...
, British marine zoologist and oceanographer, an ardent advocate of Antarctic research.
Map
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.