Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
President Head (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
President Head (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Head (8)
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:
Headland forming the E extremity of Snow Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name President Island was applied by the Stonington sealers in 1820-21 to Snow Island, but that name did not become established. President Head was applied by the UK-APC in 1961 in order to preserve the name on this island.
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