Disch Promontory () is a high, ice-covered

promontory A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the soft ...

, long, extending from the east side of Prince Andrew Plateau, Queen Elizabeth Range. It was 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 ...

for

Carl R. Disch Carl Robert Disch ( presumed dead in 1965) was an ionospheric physicist for the National Bureau of Standards who went missing near Byrd Station, Antarctica, on May 8, 1965. Disappearance Disch was stationed at the radio noise building of Byrd ...

, a

United States Antarctic Research Program The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...

ionospheric physicist, who was lost at

Byrd Station The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica. History A joint Army, Navy, Air Force, and Mar ...

, May 8, 1965.

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Promontories of Antarctica Landforms of the Ross Dependency Shackleton Coast {{ShackletonCoast-geo-stub