Zonda Towers
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Zonda Towers is an east-west trending rock ridge, 4 miles (6 km) long, between Zonda Glacier
Zonda Glacier
Zonda Glacier is a glacier about 8 miles long, flowing west-southwest between Fohn Bastion and Zonda Towers into George VI Sound. The glacier was included in surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , 1948, and British Antarctic Survey , 1971-72, and was photographed from the air by the...

 and Eureka Glacier
Eureka Glacier
Eureka Glacier is a broad, gently sloping glacier, 18 nautical miles long and 17 nautical miles wide at its mouth, which flows westward from the west side of Palmer Land into George VI Sound...

 on the Rymill Coast
Rymill Coast
Rymill Coast is that portion of the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Jeremy and Buttress Nunataks. It runs northward from English Coast and east of Alexander Island across George VI Sound...

, Palmer Land
Palmer Land
Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...

. The eastern section of the ridge rises to 825 m and is notable for four rock towers. The feature was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1966, and was surveyed by British Antarctic Survey
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 400 staff. It operates five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in and around Antarctica....

 (BAS), 1971-72. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 in association with Zonda Glacier.
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