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The point was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs collected during the years 1959–66. Merrick Point was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in 1977 after Dale Merrick of Stanford University. Merrick was an upper atmosphere researcher and Station Scientific Leader at [[Siple Station]] during the over-winter of the 1975 season. | The point was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs collected during the years 1959–66. Merrick Point was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in 1977 after Dale Merrick of Stanford University. Merrick was an upper atmosphere researcher and Station Scientific Leader at [[Cape Dart|Siple Station]] during the over-winter of the 1975 season. | ||
==Peerage title== | ==Peerage title== | ||
Revision as of 17:05, 4 February 2019
Merrick Point (74°28′S 110°9′W) is an ice-covered point on the east side of Hamilton Ice Piedmont on the eastern edge of the Bear Peninsula, on the Walgreen Coast of Westarctica.
Discovery and name
The point was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs collected during the years 1959–66. Merrick Point was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1977 after Dale Merrick of Stanford University. Merrick was an upper atmosphere researcher and Station Scientific Leader at Siple Station during the over-winter of the 1975 season.
Peerage title
On 20 December 2017, Dr. Brady McNulty, a pharmacist, was granted the peerage title Baron of Merrick in recognition of his support of Westarctica.