Foley Promontory is an ice-covered promontory about 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Landon Promontory

Landon Promontory

Landon Promontory is a broad, domed ice-covered promontory on the west side of the Amery Ice Shelf, about 5 nautical miles south of Foley Promontory. Plotted from ANARE air photos taken in 1956. The area was first visited by an ANARE party led by D.R. Carstens in November 1962...

 on the west side of the Amery Ice Shelf

Amery Ice Shelf

The Amery Ice Shelf is a broad ice shelf in Antarctica at the head of Prydz Bay between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast. It is part of Mac. Robertson Land. The name "Cape Amery" was applied to a coastal angle mapped on February 11, 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand...

. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...

) air photos taken in 1956. First visited by an ANARE party led by D.R. Carstens in November 1962. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for N.E. Foley, weather observer at Mawson Station

Mawson Station

Mawson Station is one of three permanent Australian bases in the Australian Antarctic Territory of East Antarctica. Named after Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, the base is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division...

in 1962, a member of the field party.