Turret Nunatak

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Turret Nunatak ( 82°25′S158°0′E / 82.417°S 158.000°E / -82.417; 158.000 Coordinates: 82°25′S158°0′E / 82.417°S 158.000°E / -82.417; 158.000 ) is an elongated nunatak, 1,960 m, standing west of Cobham Range in the lower portion of Lucy Glacier. Mapped by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961–62) and so named because of the turreted cliffs on its southern side.

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Nunatak Exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier

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The Cobham Range trends in a northwest–southeast direction for about 20 nautical miles (40 km), standing west of Prince Philip Glacier in the southern part of the Churchill Mountains. It was mapped by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1961–62, and named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for a former Governor-General of New Zealand, Lord Cobham.

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