Chaplin Head
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 4 ′ S , 37 ° 54 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | Undine Harbor | |
| Waters 2 | Schlieper Bay | |
The Chaplin Head is a raised headland on the western end of South Georgia . There it is on the south coast between Undine Harbor and Schlieper Bay .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it in 1926 and named the hill above the headland as Sharp Peak . After the measurements of the South Georgia Survey between 1951 and 1957, the name was changed to Lieutenant Commander John M. Chaplin (1888-1977) of the Royal Navy , survey officer on the RRS Discovery from 1925 to 1927 and head of the hydrographic survey team on South Georgia from 1928 to 1930.
Web links
- Chaplin Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chaplin Head on geographic.org (English)