Cape Melville (South Shetland Islands)

Cape Melville, is a low-lying, ice-free headland at the eastern end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. Some 388 ha of the site has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 16000 pairs of chinstrap penguins.

For the headland in Queensland, Australia, see Cape Melville. For the cape in NW Greenland, see Cape Melville (Greenland). For the northernmost point of the De Long Islands, see Henrietta Island.

0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of Cape Melville is a rock named Livonia Rock.

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