Beyl Head is an ice-covered
headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, John ...
midway on the east side of
Wright Island, along
Getz Ice Shelf,
Bakutis Coast. It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
in 1977 after Commander
David D. Beyl,
U.S. Navy,
Operations Officer,
Operation Deepfreeze 1976, with responsibility for planning the
Dome Charlie
Dome C, also known as Dome Circe, Dome Charlie or Dome Concordia, located at Antarctica at an elevation of above sea level, is one of several summits or "domes" of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Dome C is located on the Antarctic Plateau, inland from ...
aircraft recovery program which resulted in the successful recovery of two
LC-130
The Lockheed LC-130 is a ski-equipped United States Air Force variant of the C-130 Hercules used in the Arctic and Antarctic. Ten are currently in service with the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard.
Design and development
T ...
aircraft damaged during Operation Deepfreeze 1975. That he was the namesake of a landmass on Antarctica was not known to Beyl for many decades.
References
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Headlands of Marie Byrd Land
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