Tragic Corner

Tragic Corner
Bluff
Interactive map of Tragic Corner
Coordinates: 68°00′S 66°48′W / 68.000°S 66.800°W / -68.000; -66.800
LocationFallières Coast, Graham Land, Antarctica
Part ofBoulding Ridge
Water bodiesBetween Todd Glacier and McClary Glacier
Elevation750 m (2,460 ft)
naming authorityUnited Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC)
named forFatal 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]

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Tragic Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 

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