Cape Crozier [SEP] continent
Cape Crozier
Cape Crozier is the most easterly point of Ross Island in Antarctica. It was discovered in 1841 during James Clark Ross's expedition of 1839 to 1843 with HMS "Erebus" and HMS "Terror", and was named after Francis Crozier, captain of HMS Terror. The extinct volcano Mount Terror, also named during the Ross expedition, rises sharply from the Cape to a height of , and the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf (formerly known as the Barrier or Great Ice Barrier) stretches away to its
. Crozier joined Clark Ross as second-in-command of HMS "Cove" in 1835, to assist in the search for 12 lost British whaling ships in the Arctic. Crozier was appointed to the rank of commander in 1837.
Naval service Ross expedition.
In 1839, Crozier again joined Sir James Clark Ross on the Ross expedition, as second-in-command of a four-year voyage to explore the Antarctic continent in the ships and . Crozier commanded "Terror", and was appointed to