Knobhead
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Knobhead is a massive ice-free mountain
, 2,400 m, standing south of the west end of Kukri Hills
and overlooking the Ferrar and Taylor Glaciers at their point of apposition, in Victoria Land
. It was discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and so named because of its appearance.
Mountain
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, 2,400 m, standing south of the west end of Kukri Hills
Kukri Hills
Kukri Hills is a prominent east-west trending range, about long and over high, forming the divide between Ferrar Glacier on the south and Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley on the north, in Victoria Land, Antarctica....
and overlooking the Ferrar and Taylor Glaciers at their point of apposition, in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. It was discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and so named because of its appearance.