This page presents the geographical name data for
Kirkby 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):
Kirkby Head
Feature Class
(see definition):
Cliff
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
7990
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
67° 17' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
046° 29' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-67.2833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
46.4833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1965
Description
(see definition):
Sheer coastal outcrop with the continental ice reaching almost to the top of its southern side, standing at the E side of the entrance to Alasheyev Bight in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1956. First visited in November 1960 by S.L. Kirkby, surveyor at Mawson Station, for whom it is named.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Kirkby 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
Kirkby Head information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Kirkby Head should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.