King Pin
| King Pin | ||
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| height | 820 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The King Pin is a 820 m high nunatak on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Wilson Piedmont Glacier, it rises about halfway between Mount Doorly and Hogback Hill .
Participants in a 1958 to 1959 campaign of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named him after the American helicopter King Pin , which was used for this and other campaigns.
Web links
- King Pin in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- King Pin on geographic.org (English)