Iceberg Head
| Iceberg Head | ||
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 12 ′ S , 110 ° 27 ′ W | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| coast | Walgreen coast | |
| Waters | Crosson Ice Shelf | |
| Waters 2 | Vane glacier | |
The Eisberg Head is a steep-walled headland with rocky outcrops on the Walgreen coast of the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It is located immediately west of the confluence of the Vane Glacier with the Crosson Ice Shelf . The headland is the northern extension of a ridge that extends from the central section of the Mount Murphy massif .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them based on their own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1976 after Commander Harry Belleville Eisberg Jr. (1915-1993), medical staff officer at the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947).
Web links
- Iceberg Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Eisberg Head on geographic.org (English)