Cape Cornish (66°43′S 163°5′E / 66.717°S 163.083°E / -66.717; 163.083) is a cape which forms the northern tip of Buckle Island in the Balleny Islands. It was named by personnel on the Discovery II in 1938 for A.W. Cornish, a meteorologist with the Australian Central Bureau who was an observer aboard the Discovery II during 1937–38.

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