The Watchtower (Antarctica)
| The Watchtower | ||
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| height | 400 m | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 21 '50 " S , 57 ° 21' 22" W | |
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The Watchtower ( English for The Watchtower ) is a 400 m high, steep-walled and flattened rock massif on the southeastern foothills of the West Antarctic James Ross Island .
Otto Nordenskjöld , head of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903), gave the massif its descriptive name in March 1902.
Web links
- The Watchtower in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Watchtower on geographic.org (English)