Young Head

Young Head (81°29′S 161°24′E / 81.483°S 161.400°E / -81.483; 161.400Coordinates: 81°29′S 161°24′E / 81.483°S 161.400°E / -81.483; 161.400) is a prominent rock headland, 350 m, marking the north side of the entrance to Beaumont Bay on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for CWO Victor Young, U.S. Navy, member of the Mobile Construction Battalion party at Little America V, winter 1956.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Young Head" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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