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The Pyramid is on a promontory on the west side of Koettlitz Glacier between Renegar Glacier to the southwest and Walcott Bay to the northeast. Dromedary Glacier is to the northwest. Nearby features include The Almond, Pyramid Trough and The Bulwark. [2] The Alph River flows north through the Pyramid Trough. [3]
Upload another image HSM-2 Fukushima's Rock Cairn Rock cairn and plaques at Syowa Station in memory of Shin Fukushima, a member of the 4th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, who died in October 1960 while performing official duties. The cairn was erected on 11 January 1961, by his colleagues. Some of his ashes repose in the cairn. (1972) Rec VII-9 69°00′00″S 39°35′00″E ...
Stephenson Nunatak) is a prominent, pyramid-shaped rock nunatak, rising to about 640 m, which rises 300 m above the surrounding ice at the northwest side of Kirwan Inlet in the southeast part of Alexander Island, Antarctica
Map showing location of Taylor Valley Taylor Valley in center of west of map, opposite Ross Island. Taylor Valley is one of the McMurdo Dry Valleys.Parts of the area were visited by British expeditions led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1901–04 and 1910–13), who referred to Taylor Valley, as well as Beacon Valley and Pyramid Trough (named later), as "dry valleys."
The Destination Nunataks) are a group of peaks and nunataks, 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) long and 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) wide, rising to 2,565 metres (8,415 ft) at Pyramid Peak and including Sphinx Peak, Andrews Peak, Mummy Ridge, and unnamed nunataks to the northwest, located in northeast Evans Névé, 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) northwest of the Barker Range, Victoria ...
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The most important building at the site is the winter living quarters, known as "Mawson's Hut". This pyramid-roofed hut was home to the eighteen men of the AAE main base party in 1912, and the seven (including Douglas Mawson) who stayed on for an unplanned second year in 1913.
A now-extinct stretch of the Nile once flowed near Egypt’s Great Pyramid and likely played a key role in the construction of ancient monuments, according to new research.