[1] The name Tapsell, applied by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1969, is the surname of the Master of the barque Brisk, one of the whaling vessels based on Enderby Settlement at Port Ross, Auckland Islands, 1849–52.

[1] Download coordinates as: Tapsell Foreland extends eastward into the Pacific Ocean to the south of Yule Bay and the Lyall Islands, and to the north of Barnett Glacier, which empties into Smith Inlet.

It flows north into Yule Bay 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Ackroyd Point.

A cape at the east end of Tapsell Foreland which forms the north side of the entrance to Smith Inlet.

The bluff surmounts the north side of Barnett Glacier, 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) west of Cape Moore.

Named by US-ACAN for LeRoy H. Scharon, United States Exchange Scientist (geophysics) at Molodezhnaya Station, winter 1968.

A high, mostly snow-covered ridge, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) long, on the south side of Tapsell Foreland.