Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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Feature type: Head
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:
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.
Sgt K Felton, RAAF, engine fitter at Mawson in 1960
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