Foley Promontory () is an ice-covered promontory about north of

Landon Promontory Landon Promontory () is a broad, domed ice-covered promontory on the west side of the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica, about south of Foley Promontory, across Doggers Bay. It was plotted from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANAR ...

, across Doggers Bay, on the west side of the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was plotted from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) air photos taken in 1956, and was first visited by an ANARE party led by D.R. Carstens in November 1962. It was named by the

Antarctic Names Committee of Australia The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the Government on names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory and the subantarctic territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands. The commit ...

for N.E. Foley, a weather observer at

Mawson Station The Mawson Station, commonly called Mawson, is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Mawson lies in Holme Bay in Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica in the Austra ...

in 1962, and a member of the field party.

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Promontories of Antarctica Landforms of Mac. Robertson Land {{MacRobertsonLand-geo-stub