Quetin Head (73°06′00″S 169°26′00″E / 73.10000°S 169.43333°E) is a rock headland 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) southwest of Cape Phillips, Daniell Peninsula, Borchgrevink Coast. The headland rises to 900 m and marks the eastern extent of Mandible Cirque. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2005 after Langdon B. Quetin and Robin Macurda Ross-Quetin, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, collaborators in United States Antarctic Program ecological research in the Southern Ocean for 14 field seasons, from 1991 to 2004.
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