The Spire (Victoria Land)

The Spire (78°9′S 161°37′E / 78.150°S 161.617°E / -78.150; 161.617) is a prominent rock spire, over 2,600 m, surmounting the west extremity of Rampart Ridge, in Victoria Land. Surveyed and descriptively named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58.

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