Pillar (Ross Island)

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Pillar
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location Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica )
Coordinates 77 ° 34 '40 "  S , 166 ° 14' 57"  E Coordinates: 77 ° 34 '40 "  S , 166 ° 14' 57"  E
Pillar (Ross Island) (Antarctica)
Pillar (Ross Island)
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Pillar ( English for column , pillar ) is a towering rock pillar on the Antarctic Ross Island . It is an exposed plug in a volcanic crater on Cape Barne .

Participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott named the object descriptively.

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