Southard Promontory
Southard Promontory is a notable promontory, long and wide, which juts into northwest Mill Inlet between Breitfuss Glacier and Alberts Glacier, on the Foyn Coast, Graham Land. The promontory is bordered by steep rock cliffs which rise to a relatively flat and snow covered upper surface. It was photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition and surveyed from the ground by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1947. In association with the names of Antarctic cartographers grouped in this area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Rupert B. Southard, Jr., Chief, National Mapping Division, United States Geological Survey, 1979–86; Chief, Office of International Activities, 1961–64; U.S. Representative to the SCAR Working Group on Geodesy and Cartography, 1964–79; Chairman, Domestic Names Committee of the USBGN, 1983-87.
