Corinth Head
Corinth Head is a rocky headland 0.5 nautical miles southeast of Rogers Head, overlooking the west side of Corinthian Bay, on the north side of Heard Island.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Drygalski and Mount Aubert de la Rue.
Mount Drygalski
Peak
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Mount Drygalski is an ice-free hill, 210 metres high, standing 0.7 nautical miles southeast of Atlas Cove, near the northwest end of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Mount Drygalski is situated 3 km south of Corinth Head.
Mount Aubert de la Rue
Peak
Mount Aubert de la Rue is an ice-free hill, 125 metres high, standing at the south end and surmounting the low Fidelia Isthmus that connects Laurens Peninsula with the main mass of Heard Island. Mount Aubert de la Rue is situated 3 km southwest of Corinth Head.
Mount Andree
Peak
Mount Andree is an ice-free hill, 140 m, surmounting the small headland between Cave and West Bays on the west side of Heard Island. First charted and named by Edgar Aubert de la Rue, French geologist aboard the whale humper Kildalkey, who with his wife Andree undertook geological investigations along the north and west sides of the island in January 1929. Mount Andree is situated 4 km southwest of Corinth Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rogers Head and Erratic Point.
Rogers Head
Locality
Rogers Head is a conspicuous headland marking the north extremity of the peninsula between Atlas Cove and Corinthian Bay on the north coast of Heard Island.
Erratic Point
Locality
Erratic Point is a small, moss-covered point at the head of South West Bay, 1.3 nautical miles northeast of Cape Gazert, on the west side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Erratic Point is situated 5 km southwest of Corinth Head.
Saddle Point
Locality
Saddle Point is a rocky point separating Corinthian Bay and Mechanics Bay on the north coast of Heard Island in the Antarctic. The terminus of Challenger Glacier is located at the eastern side of Corinthian Bay, close west to Saddle Point. Saddle Point is situated 6 km east of Corinth Head.
Corinth Head
- Type: Locality
- Category: headland
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Latitude
-53.01096° or 53° 0′ 40″ southLongitude
73.41363° or 73° 24′ 49″ eastOpen location code
3JRMXCQ7+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2855510568OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q5170666
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Corinth Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Corinth Head”
- Chinese: “科林斯角”
- German: “Corinth Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Corinth Head”
- Swedish: “Corinth Head”
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