South Head
| South Head | ||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 3 ′ S , 72 ° 36 ′ E | |
| location | McDonald Island ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| height | 78 m | |
The South Head is a headland at the southern end of McDonald Island in the southern Indian Ocean .
Scientists in a 1948 campaign by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions thought it was an island and named it South Island . This was corrected in later years and the naming was adapted accordingly.
Web links
- South Head in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)