Cape Zumberge
Cape Zumberge is a headland on the east coast of Palmer Land in the British Antarctic Territory. It appears as a rock cliff, and marks the south-west end of the Orville Coast and the beginning of the Zumberge Coast.
The cape is found about nine miles north-west of the strand cracks of the Ronne Ice Shelf. It was sighted from the north-west side of Korff Island by a US International Geophysical Year field party from 'Ellsworth Station' in January 1958. It was roughly mapped in c.78°00'S 67°50'W, and named 'Zumberge Nunatak', after Dr James Herbert Zumberge (1923-1992), American geologist and glaciologist who directed research on Ross Ice Shelf (in the Ross Dependency) from 1957-64; President, University of Southern California from 1980, and President of SCAR, 1982-86. Following examination of air photographs by the United States Geological Survey, 1965-67, it was concluded that the original sighting could only apply to the present feature, which was renamed 'Cape Zumberge' with corrected co-ordinates.
Location
- Location map: 76°13’57"S, 69°42’24"W
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Cape Zumberge
