Senia Point
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Senia Point is an ice-covered point 9 nautical miles (17 km) south of Cape Selborne
, marking the north side of the entrance to Couzens Bay
on the west side of Ross Ice Shelf
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for B. Senia, master of the cargo vessels USNS Mizar during Operation Deepfreeze 1962 and USNS Mirfak during Operation Deepfreeze 1963.
Cape Selborne
Cape Selborne is a high snow-covered cape at the south side of Barne Inlet, the terminus of Byrd Glacier at the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the Discovery expedition and named for William Waldegrave Palmer Selborne, Second Earl of Selborne, who entered the Cabinet as First Lord...
, marking the north side of the entrance to Couzens Bay
Couzens Bay
Couzens Bay is an ice-filled bay about long, entered between Senia Point and Cape Goldschmidt on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition for Lieutenant Thomas Couzens, Royal New Zealand Air Force, who lost his life in a...
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 B. Senia, master of the cargo vessels USNS Mizar during Operation Deepfreeze 1962 and USNS Mirfak during Operation Deepfreeze 1963.