Beyl Head
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| Coordinates | 74°5′S 116°31′W / 74.083°S 116.517°WCoordinates: 74°5′S 116°31′W / 74.083°S 116.517°W |
Beyl Head is an ice-covered headland midway on the east side of Wright Island, along Getz Ice Shelf, Bakutis Coast. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1977 after Commander , U.S. Navy, Operations Officer, Operation Deepfreeze 1976, with responsibility for planning the Dome Charlie aircraft recovery program which resulted in the successful recovery of two LC-130 aircraft damaged during Operation Deepfreeze 1975. That he was the namesake of a landmass on Antarctica was not known to Beyl for many decades.[1]
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- ^ "David Beyl, Mercer Island resident who deployed to missions in Antarctica, dies of coronavirus". The Seattle Times. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Beyl Head". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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