Penny Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Penny Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A point on the southern side of Nicholson Peninsula, marking the northern entrance to Matterson Inlet.
Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Commander H.C. Penny, U.S. Navy, commanding officer of USS Vance, ocean station ship in support of aircraft flights between New Zealand and Antarctica during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze 1962.
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