Name details

Kirkby Head

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 127433

Feature type: Head (8)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Sheer coastal outcrop with the continental ice reaching almost to the top of its southern side, standing at the E side of the entrance to Alasheyev Bight in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE in 1956. First visited in November 1960 by S.L. Kirkby, surveyor at Mawson Station, for whom it is named.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 17' 00.0" S
-67.28333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
46° 29' 00.0" E
46.48333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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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:
1-Jan-1965

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