Cape Reichelderfer

Cape Reichelderfer is a rounded, mainly ice-covered headland 4 nautical miles east of DeBusk Scarp, lying at the west side of Stefansson Strait on the east coast of Palmer Land, within the British Antarctic Territory.

This cape was seen by Sir Hubert Wilkins who explored this coast on his aerial flight of 20 December 1928. It was charted in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service and erroneously called Cape Rymill at that time. It was sighted again in 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition under Finn Ronne, who named it for Francis W. Reichelderfer, Chief of the United States Weather Bureau.

Location

• Location map: 69°22’0"S, 62°43’0"W

References

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