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Young Head: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Young Head in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Young Head

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16890

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 81° 29' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 24' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -81.4833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.4

Elevation (see definition): 350

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): A prominent rock headland, 350 m, marking the N side of the entrance to Beaumont Bay on the W side of the Ross Ice Shelf Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for CWO Victor Young, U.S. Navy (USN), member of the Mobile Construction Battalion party at Little America V, winter 1956.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Young Head in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Young Head information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Young Head should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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