Tether rock
| Tether rock | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Darwin Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 156 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Tether rock is a rocky outcrop 1.5 km north of the ridge Lindstrom Ridge in the Darwin Mountains . It marks the northern end of the Access Slope , the route over the Circle Icefall in the upper section of the Darwin Glacier .
It got its name from the subglacial connection ( English tether ) with the Lindstrom Ridge.
Web links
- Tether Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tether Rock on geographic.org (English)