Bottrill Head () is a rugged

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on the east side of

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which forms the southwest extremity of German Peninsula and the north side of the entrance to Dogs Leg Fjord in

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, on the west side of

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. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under

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. The headland was resurveyed in 1948 by the

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(FIDS) who named it for Harold Bottrill, chairman of the board of directors, later general manager, of Maclean and Stapledon S.A., shipping agents at

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, who gave great assistance to the BGLE, 1934–37, and to FIDS, 1943–48.

Map

* British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 67 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
* Headlands of Graham Land Fallières Coast {{FallièresCoast-geo-stub