Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Cape Kinnes

(Joinville Island)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 63° 22' 15" S 56° 33' 31" W
W point of Joinville Island, was charted by the Dundee Whaling Expedition in January 1893 and named after Robert Kinnes (d. c. 1940), Dundee shipowner and merchant who equipped the whaling ships Active (Active Sound, q.v.), Balæna (Balæna Valley, q.v.), Diana (Diana Reef, q.v.) and Polar Star for their Antarctic voyage of 1892-93. The cape was recharted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Trepassey in January 1947. The cape was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from 'Hope Bay', 1953-54.