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Cape Filchner

Coordinates: 66°27′S 91°54′E / 66.450°S 91.900°E / -66.450; 91.900
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Cape Filchner is an ice-covered cape fronting on Davis Sea, 17 miles west-northwest (WNW) of Adams Island. Cape Filchner is located at 66°27′S 91°54′E / 66.450°S 91.900°E / -66.450; 91.900. Cape Filchner is the division between Wilhelm II Coast and Queen Mary Coast. Cape Filchner was discovered by the Australian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it for Wilhelm Filchner, leader of the German Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1912.