Prime Head
| Prime Head | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 13 ′ S , 57 ° 18 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Trinity Peninsula | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
The Prime Head is a prominent snow-covered headland up to 50 m high on the northern foothills of the Trinity Peninsula and thus the Antarctic Peninsula . The Gourdin Island lies 1.5 km to the north .
The French navigator and polar explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville named a headland in the area as Cap Siffrey during the Third French Antarctic Expedition (1837-1840) . For a long time, this name was recognized for the headland described here. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee identified the object named by d'Urville in 1963 as the 3 km east-southeast and now known as Siffrey Point . On February 12, 1964, the committee decided on the name that is common today, thereby emphasizing the special geographical location of the headland.
Web links
- Prime Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Prime Head on geographic.org (English)