Boney Point
| Boney Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 39 ′ S , 162 ° 43 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Scott coast | |
| Waters | McMurdo Sound | |
| Waters 2 | Tripp Bay | |
The Boney Point is a headland at the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is on the south side of the entrance to Tripp Bay .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2000 in connection with the naming of the nearby Brough-Nunatak after Lieutenant Commander Bobby E. Boney (1924-2005) of the United States Navy , captain of the USS Brough in the fourth Operation Deep Freeze ( 1958-1959).
Web links
- Boney Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Boney Point on geographic.org (English)