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Penny Point
Penny Point
is an ice-covered point on the
south side
of
Nicholson Peninsula
, marking the
north side
of the
entrance
to
Matterson Inlet
along the
Ross Ice Shelf
. Named by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for
Lieutenant Commander
H.C. Penny, U.S.
Navy
,
commanding officer
of
USS Vance
,
ocean station
ship
in support of
aircraft
flights between
New Zealand
and
Antarctica
in U.S. Navy
Operation Deepfreeze
1962
.