McPhail Turrets
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Asgard Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 28 ′ S , 162 ° 42 ′ E | |
The McPhail Turrets are a striking rock formation in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the northeastern part of the Asgard Range they rise south of Lake Brownworth over the northeast end of Nichols Ridge .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2010 after Rob McPhail, a helicopter pilot in more than 20 New Zealand field research campaigns in the Antarctic .
Web links
- McPhail Turrets in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)