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Byrd Head: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Byrd 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): Byrd Head

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2252

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 27' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 01' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.45

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 61.0166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): Conspicuous, rocky headland on the coast 1 mi SE of Colbeck Archipelago, just W of Howard Bay. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U.S. Navy (USN).

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Byrd 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 Byrd Head information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Byrd Head should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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