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==Discovery and name== | ==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. | 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== | ||