The Tooth
| The Tooth | ||
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| height | 1479 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Kyle Hills | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 168 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Tooth ( english The tooth ) is a 1479 m high rocky outcrop in the Kyle Hills east of Mount Terror on the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises 1.5 km south-southeast of Tent Peak and is reminiscent of a fossil shark tooth .
The formation was given its descriptive name by participants in the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1958-1959), who explored the eastern part of Ross Island.
Web links
- The Tooth in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Tooth on geographic.org (English)