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Cape Moyes () is an ice-covered headland fronting on the
Shackleton Ice Shelf Shackleton Ice Shelf is an extensive ice shelf fronting the coast of East Antarctica from 95° E to 105° E. It extends for an along-shore distance of about , projecting seaward about in the western portion and in the east. It occu ...
, west of Cape Dovers. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) under
Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader durin ...
, 1911–1914, and named by him for
Morton H. Moyes Morton Henry Moyes (29 June 1886 – 20 September 1981) was an Australian Antarctic explorer and naval officer. Moyes was born in Koolunga to headmaster John Moyes and Ellen Jane, ''née'' Stoward. Two of his brothers were John Stoward ...
, meteorologist with the AAE Western Base party.


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Headlands of Queen Mary Land {{QueenMaryLand-geo-stub