Varcoe Headland
| Varcoe Headland | ||
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 31 ′ S , 166 ° 12 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Horseshoe Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Ross Sea | |
| height | 34 m | |
The Varcoe Headland is a headland up to 34 m high in the west of the Antarctic Ross Island . It marks the northern limit of the entrance to Horseshoe Bay .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it after Garth Edwin Varcoe (1943-1992), who had worked for 15 years in the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program, among other things, in the renovation of Scott Base , before he was not far from this headland on October 31, 1992 in a helicopter crash was killed.
Web links
- Varcoe Headland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Varcoe Headland on geographic.org (English)