Larsen Inlet is to the west of the peninsula, the Weddell Sea to the south and Prince Gustav Channel to the east.

Discovered by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold in 1902, and so named by him because from the position of his winter hut on Snow Hill Island the cape lay in the direction of his "land of longing" which he was anxious to explore.

A constriction in the promontory north of Cape Longing, where the land narrows to 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) and forms a low isthmus.

The feature extends south for 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) from the vicinity of Longing Gap and is the type locality for the geologic Nordenskjold Formation.

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