Fishtail Point
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Fishtail Point is the southernmost point of Shults Peninsula
, at the east side of the mouth of Skelton Glacier
. Surveyed and given this descriptive name in 1957 by the New Zealand
party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
(1956–58).
Shults Peninsula
Shults Peninsula is a bold, mainly ice-covered cove, 10 miles long and 5 miles wide, at the east side of the mouth of Skelton Glacier to the south of Victoria Land. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic...
, at the east side of the mouth of Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica.-Discovery and naming:...
. Surveyed and given this descriptive name in 1957 by the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
(1956–58).