Name details

Bottrill Head

Bottrill Head (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bottrill Head  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107883

Feature type: Head

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

N entrance point of Dogs Leg Fjord, off Bourgeois Fjord, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by BGLE in 1936; resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1948 and named after Harold Bottrill (1895-1948), Chairman of the Board of Directors, Maclean and Stapledon SA, shipping agents at Montevideo, who gave great assistance to BGLE and to FIDS, 1943-48 (APC, 1955, p.6; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14, 1-DOS 1978). Cabo Garay, after an Argentine airman lost in a helicopter accident at Marguerite Bay (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter G).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 42' 00.0" S
-67.70000°
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Longitude:
66° 58' 00.0" W
-66.96667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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