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Micou Point (77°27′S 166°26′E / 77.45°S 166.433°E) is a point 7 nautical miles (13 km) northeast of Cape Royds on the west side of Ross Island. The point constitutes the north end of Maumee Bight in Wohlschlag Bay. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1993 for air crewman U.S. Navy Benjamin Micou, who lost his life in a helicopter accident near this point on October 13, 1992.
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