Thumb Point
| Thumb Point | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Prince Albert Mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 58 ′ S , 160 ° 28 ′ E | |
The Thumb Point (English for thumb tip ) is a rocky mountain ridge in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Prince Albert Mountains it rises on the northwest side of the Zeugenberg The Mitten .
The southern group of a campaign carried out from 1962 to 1963 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition gave it its descriptive name.
Web links
- Thumb Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Thumb Point on geographic.org (English)