President Head
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 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with the northern part of Snow Island (bottom left) and President Head |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 44 ′ S , 61 ° 12 ′ W | |
| location | Snow Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Waters 2 | Morton Strait | |
President Head (in Argentina Punta Tortuga for turtle tip ) is a towering headland forming on the northeastern foothills of Snow Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
American seal hunters from Stonnington , who operated in the waters around the South Shetland Islands between 1820 and 1821, named Snow Island as President Island . However, this name did not catch on. To protect it, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred it to the headland described here in 1961. The Argentine naming is descriptive and refers to the shape of the headland.
Web links
- President Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- President Head on geographic.org (English)