Nattriss Head is a small but prominent rock headland

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...

 marking the south side of the entrance to Drygalski Fjord

Drygalski Fjord

Drygalski Fjord is a bay 1 mile wide which recedes northwest 7 miles , entered immediately north of Nattriss Head along the southeast coast of South Georgia.According to L...

 on the southeast coast of South Georgia. Charted by German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12, under Filchner. It was named Nattriss Point

Nattriss Point

Nattriss Point is a rocky headland forming the eastern end of Saunders Island in the South Sandwich Islands. First charted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, it was re-charted in 1930 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and named by them for E.A. Nattriss,...

 for E.A. Nattriss, shipping officer to the Discovery Committee

Discovery Committee

The Discovery Committee was a popular name for the Interdepartmental Committee for the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands established by the British Government to carry out scientific investigations and to propose nature resource conservation and economic development policies for the Falkland...

, following survey by DI

Discovery Investigations

The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...

 personnel in 1927. The name Nattriss Head is approved for this feature because the term head is more descriptive than point, and because acceptance of this form will avoid confusion with Nattriss Point (also named for E.A. Nattriss) on Saunders Island

Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands

Saunders Island is a crescent-shaped island long, lying between Candlemas Island and Montagu Island in the South Sandwich Islands, apart of the United Kingdom. It is a volcanic island composed of an active stratovolcano, Mount Michael. It's known to have erupted explosively in 1819, and has...

 in the South Sandwich Islands.