Ducloz Head
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Ducloz Head is a headland
which forms the northwest side of the entrance to Undine South Harbour
on the south coast of South Georgia. First charted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen
. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), following a survey by the South Georgia Survey, 1951-52, for Le Sieur Ducloz Guyot, a passenger in the Spanish vessel Leon, which sighted South Georgia in 1756.
During the 1950s, Duncan Carse
, for whom Mount Carse
was named, surveyed various inland areas of South Georgia. He negotiated a rent of a shilling per annum for four hectares of land at Ducloz Head, and paid ten years rent in advance. In 23 February, 1961, Carse was dropped off by HMS Owen with 12 tonnes of supplies, and a prefabricated hut. He was revisited in April, but it was on the 20th May that a freak wave washed him, his hut and his supplies into the sea. He managed to survive the Southern Winter for another 116 days, when he was rescued by a sealing ship.
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...
which forms the northwest side of the entrance to Undine South Harbour
Undine South Harbour
You may be looking for Undine Harbour in the north west of South GeorgiaUndine South Harbour is a bay, 6 miles wide and indenting 2 miles between Ducloz Head and Leon Head along the south coast of South Georgia. The name appears to have been given by the German Antarctic Expedition under...
on the south coast of South Georgia. First charted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer, who ultimately rose to the rank of Admiral...
. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), following a survey by the South Georgia Survey, 1951-52, for Le Sieur Ducloz Guyot, a passenger in the Spanish vessel Leon, which sighted South Georgia in 1756.
During the 1950s, Duncan Carse
Duncan Carse
Duncan Carse was born in 1913 and attended Sherborne School. A British actor and explorer, he died on 2 May 2004, aged 90. He had lived in Fittleworth, West Sussex, for over 40 years. His father was the artist A...
, for whom Mount Carse
Mount Carse
Mount Carse is a mountain having several peaks, the highest , standing north of the head of Drygalski Fjord in the south part of the Salvesen Range of South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey between 1951 and 1957 and named for V. Duncan Carse, leader of the four SGS expeditions during...
was named, surveyed various inland areas of South Georgia. He negotiated a rent of a shilling per annum for four hectares of land at Ducloz Head, and paid ten years rent in advance. In 23 February, 1961, Carse was dropped off by HMS Owen with 12 tonnes of supplies, and a prefabricated hut. He was revisited in April, but it was on the 20th May that a freak wave washed him, his hut and his supplies into the sea. He managed to survive the Southern Winter for another 116 days, when he was rescued by a sealing ship.