Turret Island
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| Waters | Somow lake | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 22 ′ S , 169 ° 13 ′ E | |
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Turret Iceland (of English turret , wall tower, pulpit, Rondell ' ) is a small and icy up to the north side of the island before the Pennell Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located 1.5 km west of Flat Island in the mouth of the Shipley Glacier .
The northern group of the British Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by Victor Campbell (1875-1956 ) mapped and named him. It is named after the northern end of the island, which jumps out of the ice masses of the Shipley Glacier like a wall tower .
Web links
- Turret Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Turret Island on geographic.org (English)