Cape Walker

Cape Walker (

72°33′S 95°57′W / 72.550°S 95.950°W / -72.550; -95.950Coordinates: 72°33′S 95°57′W / 72.550°S 95.950°W / -72.550; -95.950) is an ice-covered cape which forms the southeast end of Thurston Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Captain , captain of the Canisteo, a tanker in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47.

Maps[]

• Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Cape Walker". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)