Beneden Head
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Beneden Head is a steep-sided headland
, 700 metres (2,296.6 ft) high, forming the north side of the entrance to Andvord Bay
, on the west coast of Graham Land
. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition
, 1897–99, and named after Professor Edouard Van Beneden
, president of the Belgica Commission and author of several of the zoological reports of the expedition.
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...
, 700 metres (2,296.6 ft) high, forming the north side of the entrance to Andvord Bay
Andvord Bay
Andvord Bay is a bay long and wide, which lies between Beneden Head and Duthiers Point along the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache, and named by him for Rolf Andvord, Belgian consul at Christiania at that time....
, on the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899, named after its expedition vessel Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.- Preparation and Surveying :...
, 1897–99, and named after Professor Edouard Van Beneden
Edouard Van Beneden
Edouard Joseph Marie Van Beneden , son of Pierre-Joseph Van Beneden, was a Belgian embryologist, cytologist and marine biologist. He was professor of zoology at the University of Liège. He contributed to cytogenetics by his works on the roundworm Ascaris...
, president of the Belgica Commission and author of several of the zoological reports of the expedition.