Baily Head
| Baily Head | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 58 ′ S , 60 ° 30 ′ W | |
| location | Deception Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
The Baily Head is a headland on the east side of Deception Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located between South East Point and Rancho Point .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys between 1953 and 1954. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1957 after the British astronomer Francis Baily (1774-1844), who had evaluated the pendulum measurements made by Henry Foster on Deception Island in 1829 . Contrary to what is stated otherwise, this headland is not a synonym for Rancho Point.
Web links
- Baily Head in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 105 (English).