Nautilus Head

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

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

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Place ID: 10103
Name ID: 110302

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

S of the NE point of Pourquoi Pas Island on Bourgeois Fjord, Loubet Coast, rising to c. 975m, was surveyed by BGLE in 1936 (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.432); resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1948; in association with other names on the island from Jules Verne's book, Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Paris, 1870), named after the submarine Nautilus (APC, 1955, p.15; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978; BA chart 3580, 10.xii.1982).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 38' 00.0" S
-67.63333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
67° 08' 00.0" W
-67.13333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

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:
31-Mar-1955

Related information

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