Cape Bruce

Cape Bruce forms the northern tip of a small island lying at the eastern side of Oom Bay, separated from the mainland rocks just west of Taylor Glacier in Mac. [Robertson Land], Antarctica.

Historic site

A landing was made at the cape on 18 February 1931 by the British [Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition] under Sir Douglas Mawson. It was named by Mawson for Stanley Bruce, Prime Minister of Australia, 1923–29. A cairn, with a plaque, erected by Mawson at the time to commemorate the landing, has been designated a Historic Site or Monument following a proposal by Australia to the Antarctic [Treaty System|Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting].