Triangular head
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 53 ' S , 162 ° 30' E | |
The Dreikanter Head is a wedge-shaped cliff on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises in the formation zone of the Hunt and Marston glaciers on the west bank of the Granite Harbor .
Participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott named it. It was named after its triangular appearance when viewed from the southeast.
Web links
- Dreikanter Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dreikanter Head on geographic.org (English)