The Tower (South Shetland Islands)
| The Tower | ||
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| height | 345 m | |
| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 12 '53 " S , 58 ° 28' 44" W | |
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The Tower ( French La Tour , both sides translated The Tower ) is a 345 m (according to the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee around 365 m ) high and apart from the summit snow-covered mountain on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises immediately west of Demay Point on the west side of the entrance to Admiralty Bay .
Participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot mapped and named him. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated this designation into English in 1952.
Web links
- The Tower in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Tower on geographic.org (English)