Cape Cornish () is a cape which forms the northern tip of
Buckle Island
Buckle Island is one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. It lies north-west of Sturge Island and south-east of Young Island, some north-north-east of Belousov Point on the Ant ...
in the
Balleny Islands
The Balleny Islands () are a series of uninhabited islands in the Southern Ocean extending from 66°15' to 67°35'S and 162°30' to 165°00'E. The group extends for about in a northwest-southeast direction. The islands are heavily glaciated an ...
. It was named by personnel on the
''Discovery II'' in 1938 for
A.W. Cornish, a meteorologist with the
Australian Central Bureau who was an observer aboard the ''Discovery II'' during 1937–38.
References
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Headlands of the Balleny Islands
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