Kirkby Head
| Kirkby Head | ||
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 17 ′ S , 46 ° 29 ′ E | |
| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Cosmonaut Lake | |
| Waters 2 | Alasheev Bay | |
The Kirkby Head is a cliff-like cape on the coast of Enderbylands in East Antarctica . It is located on the east side of the entrance to Alasheev Bay . On the south side it is almost completely covered by the continental ice shelf up to the top of the summit .
It was mapped using aerial photographs taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . It is named after the Australian geodesist Sydney Lorrimar Kirkby (* 1933), who visited the Cape in 1960.
Web links
- Kirkby Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kirkby Head on geographic.org (English)