Cape De la Motte [SEP] continent
Cape De la Motte
Cape De la Motte is a prominent cape in George V Land in Antarctica separating Watt Bay and Buchanan Bay. Just to the south, the continental ice surface rises at Mount Hunt. The cape was charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for C. P. de la Motte, third officer on the expedition ship "Aurora". It has been conjectured that the high land behind this cape is "Point Case", which the United States Exploring Expedition (
Clarence Petersen de la Motte
Clarence Petersen de la Motte (born 1892, date of death unknown), commonly C. P. de la Motte, was a sailor originally from Bulli, New South Wales. During his early career, he served aboard the New Zealand barque "Northern Chief" and the steamship "Warrimoo". From 1911 to 1914, during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, he served as Third Officer aboard the SY "Aurora", under John King Davis. Expedition Commander Douglas Mawson named Cape De la Motte,