Tragic Corner
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Tragic Corner | |
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Bluff | |
 Interactive map of Tragic Corner | |
| Coordinates: 68°00′S 66°48′W / 68.000°S 66.800°W | |
| Location | Fallières Coast, Graham Land, Antarctica |
| Part of | Boulding Ridge |
| Water bodies | Between Todd Glacier and McClary Glacier |
| Elevation | 750 m (2,460 ft) |
| naming authority | United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) |
| named for | Fatal sledging accident involving Thomas J. Allan and John Fraser Noel |
Tragic Corner is a bluff rising to about 750 m and marking the northeast end of Boulding Ridge, located between Todd Glacier and McClary Glacier on Fallières Coast. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because Thomas J. Allan and John Fraser Noel died in the vicinity on a sledge journey from Stonington Island in May 1966.[1]
This article incorporates public domain material from "Tragic Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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