Tur ice fall
| Tur ice fall | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 20 ′ S , 170 ° 14 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Willett Cove | |
The Tur Icefall is a short glacial break on the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . On the Hallett Peninsula , it is southeast of Seabee Hook .
Participants in a 1957-1958 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named him after the medical doctor Juan José Tur (1931-2017) from Puerto Rico , who worked in the Antarctic winter of 1957 at the neighboring Hallett Station .
Web links
- Tur Icefall in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)