DeMaster Point

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DeMaster Point
Geographical location
DeMaster Point (Antarctica)
DeMaster Point
Coordinates 78 ° 4 ′  S , 164 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 78 ° 4 ′  S , 164 ° 25 ′  E
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
coast Scott coast
Waters Koettlitz glacier

The DeMaster Point is a headland at the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Denton Hills , at the entrance to the Marshall Valley , it protrudes into the ice masses of the Koettlitz Glacier .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the headland in 1995 after the US-American biologist Douglas P. DeMaster of the University of Minnesota , the seals in the area of McMurdo Sound (1976-1977), on the South Shetland Islands (1977-1978) and studied in the Palmer Archipelago (1978–1979).

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