Mast point
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Coordinates | 66 ° 22 ′ S , 110 ° 26 ′ E | |
location | Ardery Island , Windmill Islands | |
Waters | Vincennes Bay |
The mast Point is the western cape of Ardery Iceland in Archipelago of the Windmill Islands off the Budd Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country .
Aerial photographs of the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947) and Operation Windmill (1947–1948) were used to map this headland . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named her in 1963 after Clarence W. Mast (* 1937), a member of the team at Wilkes Station in 1958.
Web links
- Mast Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mast Point on geographic.org (English)