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{{Short description|Cape in Wilkes Land, Antarctica}}
{{one source|date=May 2015}}
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| lat_deg = 66
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| lon_deg = 130
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| label =  Cape Morse
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| caption = Location of Cape Morse in [[Antarctica]]
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'''Cape Morse''' ({{Coord|66|15|S|130|10|E|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is a low, ice-covered cape which marks the east side of the entrance to [[Porpoise Bay, Antarctica|Porpoise Bay]] and forms the division between [[Banzare Coast]] and [[Clarie Coast]] in [[Wilkes Land]], Antarctica. It was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy [[Operation Highjump]] in 1946–1947, and was named by the [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] for [[William H. Morse]], purser's steward on the brig {{USS|Porpoise|1836|2}} of the [[United States Exploring Expedition]] (1838–1842) under [[Charles Wilkes]].<ref name=gnis/>

Located about 3 miles southwest of Cape Morse, '''Morse Glacier''' ({{Coord|66|21|S|130|5|E|}}) is a channel [[glacier]] flowing to the east side of Porpoise Bay. It was also mapped from the air photos taken by Operation Highjump.

Due to an inadvertent error, the names of these locations were incorrectly spelled "Cape Mose" and "Mose Glacier" for a number of years.<ref name=gnis/>

==References==
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<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 10295| name = Cape Morse| accessdate = 2013-11-09}}</ref>
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[[Category:Headlands of Wilkes Land]]


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