Ray Promontory is the 7 km long and 2.8 km wide promontory lying between Barclay Bay and the

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sound, and forming the northwest part of Byers Peninsula,

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in the

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ending up in Start Point and Essex Point. The promontory's interior is mostly occupied by Dospey Heights. The feature is part of the Antarctic Specially Protected Area ''ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula'', forming in one of its two restricted zones.Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 126 Byers Peninsula.
Measure 4 (2016), ATCM XXXIX Final Report. Santiago, 2016 The feature is named after the American Captain Nathaniel Ray, Master of the sealing schooner ''Harmony'' which operated in the islands in 1820-21 .

Location

The promontory is centered at (British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

Península Byers, Isla Livingston.
Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992. (Map image on p. 55 of the linked study) * L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005. * L.L. Ivanov
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated. * L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.

Notes

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Landforms of Livingston Island Promontories of Antarctica {{LivingstonIsland-geo-stub

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