Cape Simpson

For the headland in Greenland, see Cape Simpson (Greenland).

For Cape Simpson in Alaska, see Smith Bay.

Cape Simpson
Cape
Cape Simpson
Coordinates: 67°28′S 61°8′W
Location	Ufs Island
Offshore water bodies	Weddell Sea
Area
• Total	Antarctica

Cape Simpson is a high rocky bluff at the north end of Ufs Island, forming the east side of the entrance to Howard Bay.

Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson. He named it for A. A. Simpson of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, who helped finance Mawson's Antarctic expeditions.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Cape Simpson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.