Castillo Point

This article describes the headland in Marie-Byrd-Land. For the headland of the same name in the Palmer Archipelago, see Castillo Point (Tower Island) .

Castillo Point
Topographic map of the mouth of the Land Glacier (center) with Castillo Point to the west of it
Geographical location
Coordinates	75 ° 30 ′  S , 141 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 75 ° 30 ′  S , 141 ° 18 ′  W
location	Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica
coast	Ruppert coast
Waters	Land Bay
Waters 2	Land glacier

The Castillo Point is an icy headland on the Ruppert coast of the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It marks the eastern flank of the mouth of the Land Glacier in Land Bay .

The United States Geological Survey mapped them based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy in the years from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1972 named the headland by Rudy Castillo, AeroGraph the US Navy and participants in the Operation Deep Freeze of 1968 and 1969, when he was part of the team at the Hallett station .

Web links

• Castillo Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Castillo Point on geographic.org (English)