Ramage Point
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 39 ′ S , 120 ° 20 ′ W | |
| location | Carney Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Amundsen lake | |
The Ramage Point is an ice-covered headland to the north of Carney Island before Bakutis Coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd lands . It is located immediately west of the Beakley Glacier .
Aerial photographs of the US American Operation Highjump (1946–1947) from January 1947 were used to map them. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1967 after Rear Admiral Lawson Paterson Ramage (1909–1990), Assistant Chief of Naval Operations in the context of the International Geophysical Year (1957–1958).
Web links
- Ramage Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ramage Point on geographic.org (English)