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Cape Maude () is a high ice-covered cape forming the east end of Vaughan Promontory in the
Holland Range The Holland Range () is a rugged coastal mountain range in Antarctica, about long, lying just west of the Ross Ice Shelf and extending from Robb Glacier to Lennox-King Glacier. It was named by the Ross Sea Committee for Sir Sidney Holland, who as ...
, Antarctica, overlooking the
Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between hi ...
. It was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) and named for Colonel
I.A. Maude IA, Ia, or ia may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Ia'', an 1892 novelette by Arthur Quiller-Couch * "Iä", a fictional word in the works of H. P. Lovecraft * International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), which also goes by ...
, who donated the "Maudgee" pony ration for the expedition.


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Headlands of the Ross Dependency Shackleton Coast {{ShackletonCoast-geo-stub