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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs collected during the years 1959–67. Hadley Point was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names after Richard C. Hadley, U.S. Navy, who wintered at [[McMurdo Station]] in 1959 and in other years through 1977, and was in charge of supply functions at McMurdo during the last deployment. | It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs collected during the years 1959–67. Hadley Point was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names after Richard C. Hadley, U.S. Navy, who wintered at [[McMurdo Station]] in 1959 and in other years through 1977, and was in charge of supply functions at McMurdo during the last deployment. | ||
==Peerage title== | ==Peerage title== | ||