Mabus Point is a cape

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...

 on the Antarctic

Antarctic

The Antarctic is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence...

 coast lying just south of Haswell Islands

Haswell Islands

Haswell Islands are a group of rocky coastal islands lying off Mabus Point and extending about 1.5 mi seaward. Charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson , who applied the name Rookery Islands because of a large emperor penguin rookery on Haswell Island, the largest and...

, marking the east limit of McDonald Bay

McDonald Bay

McDonald Bay is open bay in Davis Sea, 10 mi wide at its entrance between Adams Island and the Haswell Islands, lying immediately west of Mabus Point on the coast of Antarctica. Charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, 1911-14. Named by the Advisory Committee on...

. It was first charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition

Australasian Antarctic Expedition

The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was an Australasian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, who was knighted for his achievements in leading the expedition. In 1910 he began to plan an expedition to chart...

 (AAE), 1911-14, under Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson

Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...

, and recharted by G.D. Blodgett in 1955 from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump

Operation Highjump

Operation Highjump , officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946-1947, was a United States Navy operation organized by RADM Richard E. Byrd Jr. USN, , Officer in Charge, Task Force 68, and led by RADM Richard H. Cruzen, USN, Commanding Officer, Task Force 68....

 , 1946-47. The point was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Mabus, USN, executive officer of the icebreaker

Icebreaker

An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels .For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most...

 Edisto, who was instrumental in providing close support to U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Windmill

Operation Windmill

Operation Windmill was the United States Navy's Second Antarctica Developments Project, an exploration and training mission to Antarctica in 1947–1948. This operation was a follow up to the First Antarctica Development Project known as Operation Highjump. The expedition was commanded by Commander...

 parties in establishing astronomical control stations along this coast, 1947-48. Mabus Point subsequently became the site of the Soviet scientific station, Mirny

Mirny Station

Mirny is a Russian science station in Antarctica, located on the Antarctic coast of the Davis Sea in the Australian Antarctic Territory. Named after support vessel of the Bellingshausen's expedition....

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