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Coyer Point (74°24′S 113°13′W / 74.4°S 113.217°W) is an ice-covered point on the southeast side of Martin Peninsula. It is the north end of an ice-covered peninsula that extends into Dotson Ice Shelf, 23 nautical miles (43 km) south-southeast of Jacobsen Head, Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959–67, and Landsat imagery, 1972-73. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 after Lieutenant Ann E. Coyer, U.S. Navy, first U.S. Navy woman to participate in Antarctic operations, Operation Deepfreeze, 1974.
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