Cape Spencer (Antarctica)
Cape Spencer (68°24′S 147°29′E / 68.400°S 147.483°E) is an ice-covered point marking on the east the seaward end of the depression occupied by the Ninnis Glacier. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Sir Baldwin Spencer, Director of the National Museum, Melbourne, in 1911.
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