Antarctica

Young Head

Young Head is a prominent rock headland, 350 meters high, marking the north side of the entrance to on the west side of the named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for CWO Victor Young, U.S. Navy, member of the Mobile Construction Battalion party at Little America V, winter 1956.
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Young Head

Latitude
-81.48369° or 81° 29′ 1″ south
Longitude
161.40156° or 161° 24′ 6″ east
Elevation
350 metres (1,148 feet)
Named after
CWO Victor Young
Open location code
2VC3GC82+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11109206677
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
6628437
Wiki­data ID
Q2604607
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Young Head” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Young Head (punta)”
  • Cebuano: “Young Head”
  • Chinese: “楊角”
  • German: “Young Head”
  • Hebrew: “ראש יאנג”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Young Head”
  • Swedish: “Young Head (udde)”
  • Swedish: “Young Head”

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