Cape Bickerton () is an ice-covered point 5 nautical miles (9 km) east-northeast of
Gravenoire Rock Gravenoire Rock () is a small rock outcrop about southeast of Rock X, protruding above the coastal ice at the east side of Victor Bay, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–1947, was charted by the ...
which marks the north extremity of the coastal area close east of
Victor Bay
Victor Bay () is a bay about wide and long, indenting the coast between Pourquoi Pas Point and Mathieu Rock, Antarctica. The bay is marked by an extensive chain of icebergs breaking away from the high tongue of Commandant Charcot Glacier. It ...
. Charted by the
Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, 1911–14, and named by him for
F. H. Bickerton, engineer of the expedition and leader of the
Western Party
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
which sighted the cape from its farthest west camp.
Headlands of Adélie Land
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