Longridge Head
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 29 ′ S , 67 ° 40 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Loubet coast | |
| Waters | Whistling Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Laubeuf Fjord | |
The Longridge Head (English for Langgratkopf is) a headland at the Loubet coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located in the southwest of the Arrowsmith Peninsula and marks the northern limit of the entrance to Whistling Bay at the southern end of a 5 km long mountain ridge .
Participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910), led by polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot , sighted the headland as part of a mapping of this area in 1909. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1948 gave the headland its descriptive name.
Web links
- Longridge Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Longridge Head on geographic.org (English)