Wayne Head
| Wayne Head | ||
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 49 ′ S , 67 ° 9 ′ W | |
| location | Horseshoe Island , Graham Land , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters | Square Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Gaul Cove | |
The Wayne Head is a rocky headland on the north east coast of Horseshoe Iceland before Fallières coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . Along with Gibbs Point, it is one of the limits of the entrance to Gaul Cove .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 2011 after Anthony Walter Wayne (born Kelczewski, 1915–2013) of the United States Navy , participant in the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) under the direction of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd .
Web links
- Wayne Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)