This cape was named by Commander James Saunders, after Atholl, the class to which his ship HMS North Star belonged, during the winter 1849–50 in which he was frozen in the bay to the north and named landmarks in the area.

[1] Cape Atholl was a United States Coast Guard LORAN station in Northwest Greenland, south of Pituffik Space Base.

[2] The station was located at Quaratit, about 11 kilometres (7 miles) southeast of Cape Atholl proper.

[3] Cape Atholl is located in the mainland, in the eastern shore of Bylot Sound, Baffin Bay.

[4] It rises at the southern end of the mouth of Wolstenholme Fjord and opposite the eastern end of Wolstenholme Island.