Cape Cheetham [SEP] continent
Cape Cheetham
Cape Cheetham () is an ice-covered cape forming the northeast extremity of Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The geographical feature was first charted by members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, who explored this coast in the "Terra Nova" in February 1911, and named for Alfred B. Cheetham, boatswain on the "Terra Nova". This identification of Cape Cheetham is in accord with the location assigned on maps of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions ("Thala Dan"),
. He graduated from the University of Cape Town and worked as an engineer for the construction company Murray & Roberts and later as a director. After he died, the company instituted the Jack Cheetham Memorial Award to recognise those who have done outstanding work promoting sport in disadvantaged communities.
During the D'Oliveira affair in 1968 the apartheid regime used Cheetham as an emissary to the MCC in their efforts to ensure that Basil D'Oliveira, a South African-born mixed-race cricketer, would not be picked to represent England on the forthcoming