Penny point
| Penny point | ||
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 48 ′ S , 160 ° 41 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| coast | Shackleton coast | |
| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf | |
| Waters 2 | Matterson Inlet | |
The Penny Point is an ice-covered headland at the Shackleton Coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It is located on the south side of the Nicholson Peninsula and, together with Cape Douglas to the south, marks the entrance from the Ross Ice Shelf into the Matterson Inlet .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1965 after Lieutenant Commander Harmon Charles Penny (1922-2003) of the United States Navy , commandant of the USS Vance during Operation Deep Freeze in 1962.
Web links
- Penny Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Penny Point on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1199 (English).