Gargoyle Turrets

Gargoyle Turrets (77°09′51″S 161°40′56″E) is a group of three prominent sandstone buttresses rising to c. 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) at the top of steep cliffs above Miller Glacier in the northwest Saint Johns Range of Victoria Land. The group stands 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southwest of Queer Mountain. So named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 2006 because the massive upper sandstone unit has weathered into steep and cavernously sculptured tors which, when seen from below, have the appearance of gargoyle carvings.