O'Neal Point
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 43 ′ S , 62 ° 18 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Danco coast | |
| Waters | Beaupré Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Piccard Cove | |
The O'Neal Point is a headland at the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . On the east side of the Arctowski Peninsula , it lies between the entrances from Wilhelmina Bay to Beaupré Cove and Piccard Cove .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 2001 after James D. O'Neal (1926-2008), cartographer in the department for special maps at the United States Geological Survey , who was a scientific observer on the 11th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1956-1957) in area of South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic peninsula had participated.
Web links
- O'Neal Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- O'Neal Point on geographic.org (English)