Cape Timberlake
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Cape Timberlake is a bold cape at the west side of the mouth of Skelton Glacier
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) in 1964 for Lieutenant Commander Lewis G. Timberlake, U.S. Navy, public works officer at McMurdo Station
, 1962.
Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica.-Discovery and naming:...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) in 1964 for Lieutenant Commander Lewis G. Timberlake, U.S. Navy, public works officer at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
, 1962.