Johnstone Head
| Johnstone Head | ||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 3 ′ S , 72 ° 36 ′ E | |
| location | McDonald Island ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Cauldron Bay | |
The Johnstone Head is a headland of McDonald Island in the southern Indian Ocean . It marks the southeast boundary of the entrance to Cauldron Bay .
The headland is named after the biologist Gavin W. Johnstone, scientist leader of a campaign of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1980, who carried out extensive investigations of the McDonald Islands .
Web links
- Johnstone Head in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)