Cape Wheeler () is an abrupt rock scarp rising to 460 metres, an Antarctic headland which forms the north side of the entrance to
Wright Inlet Wright Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet receding westward between Cape Little and Cape Wheeler along the east coast of Palmer Land. The inlet was photographed from the air in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) and in 1947 by the Ro ...
on the east coast of
Palmer Land
Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...
. The cape was photographed from the air in 1940 by the
United States Antarctic Service
The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...
(USAS) and in 1947 by the
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE). It was named by
Jackie Ronne
Jackie Ronne (October 13, 1919 – June 14, 2009) was an American explorer of Antarctica and the first woman in the world to be a working member of an Antarctic expedition (1947–48). She is also the namesake of the Ronne Ice Shelf.
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, expedition member and newspaper correspondent, for
John N. Wheeler, president of the
North American Newspaper Alliance and a contributor to the expedition.
Headlands of Palmer Land
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