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Turret Cone (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Turret Cone (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cone (2b)
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:
Feature n.83 in ACAN minutes of 19/06/2000. A small summit (c. 455 m) that is locally conspicuous, located 3.8 mi E of Cape Royds and 3 mi NE of Cape Barne on Ross Island. Descriptively named by Griffith Taylor of the BrAE, 1910-13. (Contours shown on the BrAE (1910-13) "Map of the Cape Royds District", 1:25,000 scale, indicate local relief of over 30 meters, but the feature may be one of many debris cones reported in this area.)
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