Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt which is in visual contrast to the rest of the snow-covered coast, forming the N tip of Adare Peninsula. The cape marks the NE extremity of Victoria Land and the W side of the entrance to the Ross Sea. Discovered in Jan. 1841 by Capt. James Ross, RN, who named it for his friend Viscount Adare, M.P. for Glamorganshire.Views of the Admiralty Range herald your arrival (subject to local ice conditions) at Cape Adare, at the tip of the Ross Sea, the site of the largest Adelie penguin rookery in Antarctica. Blanketing the large flat spit that forms the cape is the huge rookery—an absolutely staggering sight. Surrounded by a sea of penguins, you will find Borchgrevink's Hut, built during the first expedition to winter over on the Antarctic continent in 1899. It is a fascinating relic of the "Heroic Age" of Antarctic exploration and you are able to inspect the interior - containing artifacts of the early explorers.