Merrick Point

Merrick Point

Merrick Point (74°28′S 110°9′W / 74.467°S 110.15°W / -74.467; -110.15) is an ice-covered point on the east side of Hamilton Ice Piedmont, Bear Peninsula, on the Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 after Dale Merrick, Stanford University, upper atmosphere researcher and Station Scientific Leader at Siple Station, winter party 1975.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Merrick Point" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).