Bald Head
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Bald Head is a bare, ice-free headland
8 miles (12.9 km) southwest of View Point
on the south side of Trinity Peninsula
. It was probably first seen in 1902–03 by J. Gunnar Andersson's party of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition
under Otto Nordenskiöld
. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey charted it and applied the descriptive name in 1945.
Headland
A headland is a point of land, usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends out into a body of water.Headland can also refer to:*Headlands and bays*headLand, an Australian television series...
8 miles (12.9 km) southwest of View Point
View Point
View Point is an eastern tip of a promontory, 150 m, forming the west side of the entrance to Duse Bay on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04...
on the south side of Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the extreme northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about from a line connecting Cape Kjellman and Cape Longing. Dating back more than a century, chartmakers used various names for this portion of the Antarctic peninsula, each name having some...
. It was probably first seen in 1902–03 by J. Gunnar Andersson's party of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Swedish Antarctic Expedition
The Swedish Antarctic Expedition was led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen.-Background:Otto Nordenskjöld, a Swedish geologist and geographer, organized and lead a scientific expedition of the Antarctic Peninsula...
under Otto Nordenskiöld
Otto Nordenskiöld
Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld was a Finnish and Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer.-Biography:...
. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey charted it and applied the descriptive name in 1945.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.