Name details

Low Head

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109913

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

between Martins Head (q.v.) and Lions Rump, King George Island. The name Cap Martin was applied in error by FAE, 1908-10, either to this feature or to Lions Rump (Charcot, 1912, Pl. 11; Bongrain, 1914, vues 2 and 3 following p.60). This feature was charted by DI in 1937 and named descriptively Cape Low Head (Hill and others, chart, 1937b; BA chart 3205, 2.ix.1938; APC, 1955, p.14). Cape Law, in error (Hill, 1937). Cabo Cabeza Baja [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947). Cabo Low Head (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949). Cabo Promontorio Bajo [=cape low promontory] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.205; Pierrou, 1970, p.606; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.231). Cap Lowe [sic] (France. SHM, 1954, p.45). Cabo Cabezo Baja (Kosack, 1955b, map facing p.88). Low Head (APC, 1960, p.5; Hawkes, 1961, map p.3; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). Martins Head, in error (USHO, 1960, p.348, 1st view). Mys Lou (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.175).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 09' 26.2" S
-62.15728°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
58° 07' 56.1" W
-58.13225°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Sep-1955

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