Cape Denison

Cape Denison is located in Antarctica
Cape Denison
Cape Denison
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Location of Cape Denison
Antarctica

Cape Denison is a rocky point at the head of Commonwealth Bay in George V Land, Antarctica. It was discovered in 1912 by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Sir Hugh Denison of Sydney, a patron of the expedition. The cape was the site of the expedition's main base.[1] Called by Mawson "the windiest place on Earth", the site experiences fierce katabatic winds.[2]

This 1912 photo by Frank Hurley shows the fierce winds.
  1. ^ "Denison, Cape". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  2. ^ Trewby, M. (Ed., 2002): Antarctica. An encyclopedia from Abbott Ice Shelf to Zooplankton. Firefly Books Ltd. ISBN 1-55297-590-8