McIntyre Promontory
| McIntyre Promontory | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Bush Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 57 ′ S , 179 ° 40 ′ E | |
The McIntyre Promontory is a V- shaped promontory with steep cliffs on both sides in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Bush Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains , it rises at the head of the Ramsey Glacier .
The formation was discovered and photographed during the so-called Flight 8A on February 16, 1947 during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named her after Captain Eugene C. McIntyre of the United States Marine Corps , co-pilot on the discovery flight.
Web links
- McIntyre Promotory in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- McIntyre Promotory on geographic.org (English)