Name details

Drake Head

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 640

Feature type: Head

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A headland just west of Davies Bay in Oates Land. A headland was discovered near here by the Terra Nova under Lieut. H.L. Pennell, RN, in February, 1911. Photographed in February, 1959, by the ANARE Expedition on the Magga Dan led by Phillip Law. Named after F.R.H. Drake, meteorologist on board the Terra Nova.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 13' 42.6" S
-69.22850°
Accurate to 150m
Longitude:
158° 16' 41.3" E
158.27814°
Accurate to 150m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
E103_RGB_321x1
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Jul-1959

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