Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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McPhail Turrets (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
McPhail Turrets (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: None recorded.
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
77°28¿15¿S, 162°42¿E to 77°27¿30¿S, 162°46¿E. Distinctive rock formations extending over the north-eastern end of Nichols Ridge, located in north-east Asgard Range, and south of Lake Brownworth. New name for an unnamed feature. Named after Rob McPhail for his outstanding and significant contribution to New Zealand's Antarctic activities as a helicopter pilot operating on the ice for the past 20 field seasons.
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