Construction point

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Construction point
C72189s1 Ant.Map Cape Hallet.jpg
Topographic map of the Hallett Peninsula with the Seabee Hook (white box), at the end of which is the Construction Point
Geographical location
Construction Point (Antarctica)
Construction point
Coordinates 72 ° 19 ′  S , 170 ° 13 ′  E Coordinates: 72 ° 19 ′  S , 170 ° 13 ′  E
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
coast Borchgrevink coast
Waters Edisto Inlet
Waters 2 Willett Cove

The Construction Point is headland on the Borchgrevink coast of East Antarctica Victoria Land . It is located in the north of the Hallett Peninsula and marks both the west side of the entrance to Willett Cove and the southern end of Seabee Hook .

Participants in the first Operation Deep Freeze of the United States Navy took a survey from aboard the icebreaker in January 1956 USCGC Edisto ago. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the headland in 1956, based on the name of the Seabee Hook, which got its name after the construction battalions , the construction crews of the US Navy .

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