Turks Head
| Turks Head | ||
 Map section of Ross Island with Turks Head (above) |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 40 ′ S , 166 ° 46 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Erebus Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Turks Head Bay | |
The Turks Head ( English for Turks main ) is a more than 200 m high and striking headland on the west coast of the Antarctic Ross Island . It projects 8 km east-southeast of Cape Evans , the Erebus Bay in and limited the east Turks Head Bay .
Participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904), led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, discovered and named them. It is named after its resemblance to a head carrying turbocharger .
Web links
- Turks Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Turks Head on geographic.org (English)