Ray Promontory

Ray Promontory
Cape
Topographic map of Livingston Island
Topographic map of Livingston Island
LocationAntarctica
Location of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Dospey Heights on Ray Promontory from near Midge Lake on Byers Peninsula in Livingston Island, with Start Hill and Dulo Hill in the left background and Penca Hill in the right background
Map of Byers Peninsula featuring Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 and its two restricted zones Ray Promontory and Ivanov Beach

Ray Promontory is the 7 km long and 2.8 km wide promontory lying between Barclay Bay and the New Plymouth sound, and forming the northwest part of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica 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.[1]

The feature is named after the American Captain Nathaniel Ray, Master of the sealing schooner Harmony which operated in the islands in 1820-21 .

  1. ^ Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 126 Byers Peninsula. Measure 4 (2016), ATCM XXXIX Final Report. Santiago, 2016