Senia Point
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 Map of the northern section of the Shackleton Coast with Sena Point (center) |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 31 ′ S , 160 ° 58 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| coast | Shackleton coast | |
| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf | |
| Waters 2 | Couzens Bay | |
The Senia Point is an ice-covered headland at the Shackleton Coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . Opposite Cape Goldschmidt and 15 km south of Cape Selborne , it marks the northern boundary of the entrance from the Ross Ice Shelf into Couzens Bay .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1965 after Benjamin N. Senia (1899–1971), commander of the USNS Mirfak during Operation Deep Freeze in 1963.
Web links
- Senia Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Senia 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. 1391 (English).