Name details

Felton Head

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 641

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

An extensive, flat-topped coastal outcrop on the western side of Casey Bay, Enderby Land. The dark-brown rock is almost sheer on the seaward side and rises a little above the level of the continental ice inland. Plotted from air photographs taken from an ANARE aircraft in 1956. First visited by an ANARE party led by S L Kirkby in November 1960. Named after Sgt K Felton, RAAF, engine fitter at Mawson in 1960.

Named For

Sgt K Felton, RAAF, engine fitter at Mawson in 1960

Location

Latitude:
67° 16' 59.9" S
-67.28330°
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Longitude:
46° 58' 59.9" E
46.98330°
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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:
4-Jul-1961

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