Palmer Point ( 69°43′S 74°2′E / 69.717°S 74.033°E) is a rock point on the coast of Antarctica, about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Strover Peak and 8 nautical miles (15 km) west-northwest of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen. Photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. Visited by I.R. McLeod, geologist with the ANARE ( Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Prince Charles Mountains survey party, 1969. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J. Palmer, helicopter pilot with ANARE ( Nella Dan) in 1968.
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