Sultan's Head Rock
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 Topographic map of Ross Island with Sultan's Head Rock on the Hut Point Peninsula (bottom left) |
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Sultan's Head Rock is a rocky outcrop on the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises 12 km southeast of the Vee Cliffs on the east side of the Hut Point Peninsula .
The descriptive name goes back to Thomas Vere Hodgson (1864-1926) who collected rock samples here on the British Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . Hodgson felt reminded of the turbaned head of a sultan at this rock formation .
Web links
- Sultan Head Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sultans Head Rock on geographic.org (English)