Tuttell Point
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 16 ′ S , 163 ° 51 ′ E | |
| location | Heald Island | |
| Waters | Koettlitz glacier | |
The Tuttell Point is an ice-free headland in the center of the south bank of Heald Iceland before the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It protrudes 11.7 km northwest of the Gandalf Ridge and around 16 km west of the Discovery Glacier into the Koettlitz Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2012 after Lieutenant Commander Robert Joseph Tuttell, pilot of the United States Navy's VXE-6 squadron in Antarctica from November 1983 to February 1986.
Web links
- Tuttell Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)