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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Tur Icefall (NZL) | 72° 19' 00.0" S | 170° 10' 00.0" E | Icefall |
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Name ID: 114601
Place ID: 15054
A short icefall of unusual beauty falling from Hallett Peninsula to the south-east end of Seabee Hook. It is very prominent from Hallett Station. Named by the NZGSAE, 1957-58, for Dr J Tur, of Puerto Rico, surgeon and US Navy Leader at Hallett Station in 1957, the first year of its operation. Shear Cliff on its southern side is named for his colleague, the scientific leader at the station in 1957. |
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