Dolphin track
| Dolphin track | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Commonwealth Range , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 172 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Dolphin Spur (English for dolphin spur ) is a massive and icy rock spur in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Commonwealth Range, it rises east of Mount Patrick and extends north into the upper section of Hood Glacier .
Participants of the New Zealand Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition (1959-1960) made the naming. They named it so because its ledges, when viewed from lower levels of the glacier, reminded them of a group of dolphins diving through the waves.
Web links
- Dolphin track in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dolphin Spur on geographic.org (English)