Cape Polar Star

Cape Polar Star (73°38′S 169°40′E) is a bold cape which forms the southwest extremity of Coulman Island in northwestern Ross Sea. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1987 after USCGC activities in Antarctica, including the Ross Sea, since Operation Deep Freeze, 1978. A survey of this feature was conducted from Polar Star in 1986.

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