Cox Point
| Cox Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 56 ′ S , 136 ° 43 ′ W | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| coast | Hobbs coast | |
| Waters | Hull Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Garfield Glacier | |
The Cox Point is a rocky cape on the Hobbs coast of the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It marks the southwest side of the confluence of the Garfield Glacier into Hull Bay .
He was discovered and photographed from the air by participants in the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Edgar Cox (1897 - unknown), carpenter of the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd .
Web links
- Cox Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cox Point on geographic.org (English)