Driscoll Point
| Driscoll Point | ||
 Driscoll Pt on the lower (southern) edge of the map |
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| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 82 ° 59 ′ S , 168 ° 0 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| coast | Shackleton coast | |
| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf | |
| Waters 2 | Ekblad Glacier , Wise Bay | |
The Driscoll Point is a headland at the Shackleton Coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It forms the east side of the entrance to Wise Bay .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own tellurometer surveys from 1961 to 1962 and aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Charles Eugene Driscoll, captain of the USNS Private Joseph F. Merrell during the operation Deep Freeze of 1963.
Web links
- Driscoll Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Driscoll Point on geographic.org (English)