Cape Rymill

Cape Rymill is a steep, metamorphic rock cliff jutting from the icecap along the Wilkins Coast, part of the east coast of Palmer Land in the British Antarctic Territory.

This headland is on the west side of Stefansson Sound, standing opposite the central part of Hearst Island, from which the headland is separated by just a narrow, iced channel.

The headland was photographed from the air by Wilkins on 20 December 1928, and by Ellsworth on 21 November 1935. Following comparison of Wilkins' and Ellsworth's photographs, it was roughly located by Joerg in 1937. It was rephotographed from the air and surveyed from the ground by members of the East Base of the United States Antarctic Service in 1940, and was named by them for John Riddoch Rymill. Rymill, an Australian polar explorer, was the leader of the British Graham Land Expedition, and in 1936 sledged eastward across Antarctic Peninsula.

The cape was re-surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey with the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition from "Stonington Island" in November 1947.

Location

• Location map: 69°29’2"S, 62°27’26"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Cape Rymill