Austin Head
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Austin Head () is a headland 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Leon Head, projecting into Undine South Harbour on the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Elijah Austin, a leading merchant of New Haven, Connecticut, USA, who sent out the first two American sealing vessels to South Georgia in 1790.
This article incorporates text from Austin Head, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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