| Cape October | |
| Other Name: | Russian: Мыс Октябрьский |
| Type: | Cape |
| Map: | Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Relief: | yes |
| Location: | October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya, |
| Water Bodies: | Red Army Strait |
| Coordinates: | 80.1°N 95°W |
Cape October (Russian: Мыс Октябрьский; Mys Oktyabr’skiy)[1] is a headland in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia.
This cape was named during the 1930–1932 expedition to the archipelago led by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev after the month of the 1917 Russian Revolution.[2]
Thelodonti fossils from the Upper Silurian have been found in the area of the headland,[3] as well as extinct marine mollusks of the Hiatellidae family.[4]
Cape October is located in a low-lying unglaciated area of the northern part of October Revolution Island north of the Albanov Glacier. It faces the Red Army Strait opposite the Academy of Sciences Glacier on Komsomolets Island shore.[5] Visoky Island lies about 18km (11miles) east and Bolshoy Izvestnikovky Island about 13km (08miles) to the southwest of the cape, near the confluence with the Yuny Strait.[6]