Turks Head Ridge
| Turks Head Ridge | ||
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 Map section of Ross Island with Turks Head Ridge (above) |
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 38 ′ S , 166 ° 49 ′ E | |
Turks Head Ridge (English for Turkish main ridge ) is a mainly icy mountain ridge in the southwest of the Antarctic Ross Island . It extends from Turks Head for a few kilometers up the slope of Mount Erebus .
Participants of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott named him based on the name of the Turks Head.
Web links
- Turks Head Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Turks Head Ridge on geographic.org (English)