Tay Head pebble beach
Tay Head (63°21′S 55°34′W / 63.350°S 55.567°W) is a rocky headland 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Mount Alexander, extending into the Firth of Tay on the south coast of Joinville Island. The name, given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963, is derived from the Firth of Tay in Scotland.
Geography
Tay Head is pebble spit or tombolo jutting southward from Joinville Island. The parallel gravel bars are a result of post-glacial (isostatic) uplift of the area after the much larger Pleistocene ice cap melted and the pressure was released.
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