Cape Hallett
headland in Antarctica
Cape Hallett is a snow-free area (Antarctic oasis) on the northern tip of the Hallett Peninsula on the Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Cape Adare lies 100 km (62 mi) to the north. Cape Hallet was the site of a former scientific base built for the International Geophysical Year, and also the site of a fatal 1957 aviation accident; a transport aircraft on its way to McMurdo Station crashed into a mountain.
History
In 1956, during Operation Deep Freeze II, USS Arneb was damaged by an ice floe at Cape Hallett.
On 16 October 1958, a Douglas C-124C Globemaster II (52-1017) of the USAF crashed into a 3200-foot mountain near Cape Hallett Bay while maneuvering, killing 7 of the 13 occupants. The Globemaster was on an airdrop flight from Christchurch to McMurdo Station and other navigational errors had occurred prior to the crash.
Hallett Station
The cape was the location of a joint scientific base, Hallett Station, between the United States and New Zealand during the International Geophysical Year of 1957. New Zealander Robert B. Thomson was scientific leader at the station in 1960. He later became officer-in-charge at Wilkes Station in 1962, and deputy leader at Scott Base in 1963-64. Thomson Peak, in the Mirabito Range, Victoria Land, was named after him.
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