Cape Philippi () is a rock cape rising abruptly to 490 m along the coast of
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. I ...
, marking the north side of the terminus of
David Glacier
David Glacier is the most imposing outlet glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is named after the geologist Edgeworth David and is fed by two main flows which drain an area larger than 200,000 square kilometres of the East Antarctic platea ...
. Discovered by the
British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, under Shackleton, who named this feature for
Emil Philippi, distinguished geologist, who was a member of the
German Antarctic Expedition, 1901–03, under Drygalski.
Headlands of Victoria Land
Scott Coast
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