Turret Peak
| Turret Peak | ||
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| height | 2790 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Millen Range , Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Turret Peak is a 2790 m high and distinctive mountain peak of the Millen Range in the Victory Mountains of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 11 km northwest of Crosscut Peak . The summit is a 10 m high rock spur , which is a particularly good landmark.
Members of the New Zealand Federated Mountain Club Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963) descriptively named it after the English word turret for turret .
Web links
- Turret Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Turret Peak on geographic.org (English)