Gentile Point is a rounded, ice-covered point 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Cape Parr

Cape Parr

Cape Parr is a large snow-covered cape along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, about 8 nautical miles south of Gentile Point. Discovered by the Discovery expedition under Scott, who named it for Admiral Alfred Arthur Chase Parr, one of Scott's advisors who had served in Arctic exploration....

, extending seaward from Darley Hills

Darley Hills

Darley Hills is a range of high, ice-covered coastal hills overlooking Ross Ice Shelf, trending north-south for about 20 nautical miles between Capes Douglas and Parr. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for James M...

 on the west side of Ross Ice Shelf

Ross Ice Shelf

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...

. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) for Peter A. Gentile, Master of USNS Alatna in U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1961, and of USNS Chattahoochee which made four fuel-carrying trips between 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...

 and McMurdo Sound

McMurdo Sound

The ice-clogged waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound extend about 55 km long and wide. The sound opens into the Ross Sea to the north. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 13,205 feet on the western shoreline. The nearby McMurdo Ice Shelf scribes McMurdo Sound's southern boundary...

in U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1963.