Name details

Philippi Head

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 139197

Feature type: Head

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

Volcanic head located northwestern Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island

Named For

Named after the geologist Emil Philippi who undertook vulcanological research at Heard Island in 1902 on the German South Polar expedition 1901-03 which visited Heard Island in 1902 on the first scientific expedition to visit to Heard Island.

Location

Latitude:

52° 58' 42.3" S

-52.97841°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

73° 16' 14.4" E

73.27066°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

WV2 21Feb2016 & 2Mar2017

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

9-Dec-2019

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