Harris Point

{{Short description|Rocky coastal point along Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf}} '''Harris Point''' ({{coord|81|35|S|161|32|E|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is a rocky coastal point along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Located {{convert|6|nmi|km}} south of Young Head at the south side of Beaumont Bay, it was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Herman D. Harris, a chief hospital corpsman with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6. Harris built a sick bay at South Pole Station during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze 1961.<ref name=gnis/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 6423| name = Harris Point | accessdate = 2012-05-24}}</ref> }}

Category:Headlands of the Ross Dependency Category:Shackleton Coast