McClintock Point

McClintock Point

McClintock Point (77°33′S 163°40′E / 77.55°S 163.667°E / -77.55; 163.667Coordinates: 77°33′S 163°40′E / 77.55°S 163.667°E / -77.55; 163.667) is a point at the north side of the entrance to Explorers Cove, New Harbour, McMurdo Sound, on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after James B. McClintock, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, who studied the benthos of McMurdo Sound west of Ross Island and along the coast from Granite Harbour to Cape Chocolate, including extensive work in New Harbor in proximity to this point.

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