Rhodes Head
| Rhodes Head | ||
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 42 ′ S , 163 ° 3 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| coast | Scott coast | |
| Waters | Nansen ice cream board | |
The Rhodes Head is a towering and prominent headland on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It forms the foothills of the McCarthy Ridge on the southeast side of the Eisenhower Range and protrudes into the Nansen ice table.
The United States Geological Survey mapped them based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy in the years from 1955 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it 1968 after James C. Rhodes of the US Marine Corps , commander of an LC-130 of the Navy squadron VX-6 in several Antarctic summer campaigns until 1967.
Web links
- Rhodes Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rhodes Head on geographic.org (English)