Rhyolite Head () is the

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 ...

between

Cardozo Cove Cardozo Cove is the northern of two coves at the head of Ezcurra Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was probably named by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot Jean-Baptiste Éti ...

and

Goulden Cove Goulden Cove () is the southern of two coves at the head of Ezcurra Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was probably named by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot Jean-Baptiste ...

Ezcurra Inlet Ezcurra Inlet () is an inlet forming the western arm of Admiralty Bay (South Shetland Islands), Admiralty Bay, King George Island (South Shetland Islands), King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted by the French Antarctic Ex ...

, Admiralty Bay, King George Island. It was so named following geological work by

British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of list of global issues, global issues, and to provide an active prese ...

(BAS), 1975–76, because the feature largely results from the indurating effects of a rhyolite intrusion, a rare lithology in the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the n ...

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Headlands of King George Island (South Shetland Islands) {{KingGeorgeIslandAQ-geo-stub