Stuart Point () is an ice-covered point at the east side of the entrance to
Maury Bay. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by
U.S. Navy Operation Highjump
Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The opera ...
(1946–47), and 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 ...
(US-ACAN) after
Frederick D. Stuart, captain's clerk on the sloop Peacock of the
United States Exploring Expedition
The United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842 was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States. The original appointed commanding officer was Commodore Thomas ap Catesby ...
under Wilkes (1838–42), who assisted Wilkes with correction of the survey data obtained by the expedition.
Headlands of Wilkes Land
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