Wright Point
| Wright Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 24 ′ S , 110 ° 30 ′ E | |
| location | Ford Island , Windmill Islands | |
| Waters | Penney Bay | |
The Wright Point is the northern foothills of Ford Iceland in Archipelago of the Windmill Islands off the Budd Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country .
Aerial photographs of the US operation Highjump (1946–1947) and Operation Windmill (1947–1948) were used to map it. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1963 after Robert D. Wright, Wilkes Station steward in 1958.
Web links
- Wright Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wright Point on geographic.org (English)