Turks Head
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grazyna Bluff and Esser Bluff.
Grazyna Bluff
Cliff
Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency in Antarctica. With a summit elevation of 3,792 metres, it is the second most prominent mountain in Antarctica and the second-highest volcano in Antarctica.
Esser Bluff
Cliff
Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency in Antarctica. With a summit elevation of 3,792 metres, it is the second most prominent mountain in Antarctica and the second-highest volcano in Antarctica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pakaru Icefalls and World Park Base.
Pakaru Icefalls
Locality
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay.
World Park Base
Locality
World Park Base was a non-governmental year-round Antarctic base located at Cape Evans on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency. It was the only non-government Antarctic base.
Turks Head
- Type: Cape
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.65953° or 77° 39′ 34″ southLongitude
166.78768° or 166° 47′ 16″ eastElevation
200 metres (656 feet)Open location code
2VJ88QRQ+53OpenStreetMap ID
node 7949876094OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Turks Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Turks Head (punta)”
- Cebuano: “Turks Head”
- Chinese: “特克斯角”
- German: “Turks Head”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Turks Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Turks Head”
- Norwegian: “Turks Head”
- Swedish: “Turks Head (udde)”
- Swedish: “Turks Head”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Icecube Tongue and Grazyna Bluff.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Low Summit and Omelchenko Bluff.
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