Newport Point
| Newport Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 32 ' S , 166 ° 10' E | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | McMurdo Sound | |
| Waters 2 | Horseshoe Bay | |
The Newport Point is a headland on the west coast of the Antarctic Ross Island . It limits the entrance to Horseshoe Bay to the south .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it after Terry Newport, a carpenter for the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program , who was killed on October 13, 1992 when a Bell UH-1 helicopter crashed near this headland with two other passengers.
Web links
- Newport Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Newport Point on geographic.org (English)