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Cape Alexander () is a cape which forms the south end of Churchill Peninsula and the east side of the entrance to
Cabinet Inlet Cabinet Inlet () is an icy inlet, long in a northwest–southeast direction, and some wide at its entrance between Cape Alexander and Cape Robinson, along the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was named and charted by the Falkland Island ...
, on the east coast of
Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and ...
. It was charted by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...
(FIDS) and photographed from the air by the
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Background Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored exp ...
(RARE) in December 1947. Cape Alexander was named by the FIDS for Rt. Hon. Albert V. Alexander, M.P.,
First Lord of the Admiralty The First Lord of the Admiralty, or formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the political head of the English and later British Royal Navy. He was the government's senior adviser on all naval affairs, responsible for the di ...
.


Further reading

* R. K. Headland, '
Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events
'', P 353 * Pedro Skvarca, '
Changes and surface features of the Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica, derived from Landsat and Kosmos mosaics
'', Annals of Glaciology, Volume 20 1994, PP 6–12 * NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, '
SAILING DIRECTIONS & ENROUTE, ANTARCTICA
'', P 106


References

Headlands of Graham Land Foyn Coast {{FoynCoast-geo-stub