Shelton Head
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 31 ′ S , 97 ° 19 ′ W | |
| location | Thurston Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Peacock Sound | |
The Shelton Head is a headland interspersed with rocky outcrops in the south of the Thurston Island off the Eights coast of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It protrudes 19 km west of the Long Glacier into the Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy between 1960 and 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after John A. Shelton, a meteorologist at Byrd Station from 1963 to 1964.
Web links
- Shelton Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shelton Head on geographic.org (English)