Head Island
| Head Island | ||
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| Waters | Hackapike Bay | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 31 ′ S , 62 ° 54 ′ W | |
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Head Island ( English for head island ) is a small island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It belongs to a group of three islands to the east of Hackapike Bay . The other two are Pear Island and False Island . Head Island is 1 km south of Andrews Point just off the northeast coast of Anvers Island .
The island was first mapped during the British Grahamland Expedition (1934-1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . It probably got its descriptive name, first found on maps from 1952, as an allusion to its shape.
Web links
- Head Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Head Island on geographic.org (English)