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

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3145

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 53° 01' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 073° 25' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -53.0166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 73.4166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1957

Description (see definition): A rocky headland 0.5 mi SE of Rogers Head, overlooking the W side of Corinthian Bay, on the N side of Heard Island. The feature appears to have been roughly charted by the German Antarctic Expedition (GerAE) under Drygalski, who made a running survey of the N side of the island in 1902. Resurveyed by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1948, and so named by them because of its close association with Corinthian Bay.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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