Byrd Head is a conspicuous, rocky
headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, Jo ...
on the
Mawson Coast 1 mi southeast of
Colbeck Archipelago, just west of
Howard Bay. Discovered in February 1931 by the
British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was a British-born Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during ...
, who named it for R. Admiral
Richard E. Byrd, U.S. Navy (USN).
References
Headlands of Antarctica
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