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Morris Head (74°54′S 134°50′W / 74.9°S 134.833°W) is an ice-covered headland marking the seaward end of Hagey Ridge and northeast extremity of McDonald Heights, on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The headland was photographed from aircraft of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on December 18, 1940, and was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lloyd Morris, QMC, U.S. Navy, Chief Quartermaster and senior member of the bathythermograph team aboard USS Glacier in exploring this coast, 1961-62.
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