Ternyck Needle
| Ternyck Needle | ||
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| height | 365 m | |
| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 4 '53 " S , 58 ° 15' 24" W | |
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The Ternyck Needle is a prominent and 365 m (according to British data 435 m ) high nunatak on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises 2.5 km east of the entrance to Martel Inlet at the base of the Krakow Peninsula between Admiralty Bay and King George Bay .
The Nunatak was mapped during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . The further naming background is unknown. A possible namesake is a sponsor of the research trip.
Web links
- Ternyck Needle in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ternyck Needle on geographic.org (English)