Name details
Tarbuck Crag
Tarbuck Crag (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Tarbuck Crag (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Crag
Origin
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
- Tarbuck Crag (United States of America)
Narrative
One of a group of three high points about 1.4 km south of Deep Lake in the Vestfold Hills, the feature is 141 m high and has steep sides with cliffs to the south and east. The feature was the terminal tellurometer station of the 1969 ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey.
Named For
Named after J. Tarbuck cook at Wilkes in 1965, cook at Davis in 1969 and expedition assistant at Wilkes in 1967.
Location
Images
©Mark Tell, Supervising CTO Davis 2001 2024
- Catalogue id
- IA16497
- Caption
- Radio masts on Tarbuck Crag, Vestfold Hills. One holds the wind generator, one the emergency antenna and one is the main antenna.
- Photographer
- Tell, Mark
Map
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