Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Turks Head (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Turks Head (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Head (8)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A preciptious black headland, 158m high, situated about 5 miles east-south-east of Cape Evans on the west side or Ross Island. Discovered by the NAE, 1901-04. Named because of its resemblance to ahead swathed in a turban.
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