Three Sisters (Alexander I Island)
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| location | Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| part of | Kuiper Scarp | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 26 ′ S , 68 ° 28 ′ W | |
The Three Sisters ( English for three sisters ) are a mountain group of three mountains on the Alexander I Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . They rise about 13 km south-southwest of Fossil Bluff at the western end of the Kuiper Scarp .
They were used by pilots of the British Antarctic Survey as a reference point for the approach to the runway at Fossil Bluff. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2005.
Web links
- Three Sisters in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)