Cox Point is a rock headland at the southwest side of the terminus of Garfield Glacier

Garfield Glacier

Garfield Glacier is a glacier, 6 nautical miles long, flowing between Peden Cliffs and Cox Point to the east side of Hull Bay on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ...

 where the latter discharges into Hull Bay

Hull Bay

Hull Bay is an ice-filled bay, about 25 nautical miles wide, fed by Hull Glacier, which descends into it between Lynch Point and Cape Burks, on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service , 1939-41. The bay derives its name from Hull Glacier, which is named for...

, on the coast of Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...

. The point was first observed and photographed from aircraft of the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41, led by Admiral Richard E. Byrd. It was named by the 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...

 for E.F. Cox, a carpenter of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933–35.