Swyers Point
| Swyers Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 10 ′ S , 165 ° 8 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Scott coast | |
| Waters | McMurdo Sound | |
| Waters 2 | Bellafronto Bight | |
The Swyers Point is an ice-free headland on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is on the west side of the Brown Peninsula and marks the northern end of Bellafronto Bight .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named her in 1999 after Lieutenant Commander Harry Merton Swyers (* 1943) of the United States Navy , who was responsible for public relations at McMurdo Station during Operation Deep Freeze in 1976 and 1977.
Web links
- Swyers Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Swyers Point on geographic.org (English)