Marinelli Head
| Marinelli Head | ||
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 52 ′ S , 164 ° 28 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Scott coast | |
| Waters | Blue Glacier | |
| Waters 2 | McMurdo Sound | |
| height | 87 m | |
The Marinelli Head is a 87 m high headland on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . At the southeastern base of Hobbs Ridge , it marks the southern limit of the confluence of the Blue Glacier in McMurdo Sound, 11.7 km south of The Strand Moraines .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the headland in 2011 after Roberta L. Marinelli, who held a leading position in research programs for the National Science Foundation between 1997 and 2011 as the representative of this authority on several occasions at McMurdo Station and Palmer Station .
Web links
- Marinelli Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)