Tour de Pise

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Emperor penguins and chicks with the rock known as Tour de Pise in the background (anaglyphic 3D picture, 3d glasses red cyan.svg 3D red cyan glasses are recommended to view this image correctly.)

Tour de Pise (

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66°40′S 140°1′E / 66.667°S 140.017°E / -66.667; 140.017Coordinates: 66°40′S 140°1′E / 66.667°S 140.017°E / -66.667; 140.017) is an isolated rock dome, 27 m, which protrudes through the ice in northwest Rostand Island in the Geologie Archipelago. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for the infamous Tower of Pisa.

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