Turnpike Bluff is a conspicuous rock bluff at the southwest extremity of the Shackleton Range

Shackleton Range

The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica. Rising to , it extends in an east-west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery glaciers....

, 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Mount Homard

Mount Homard

Mount Homard is a mountain, 1,200 m, near the head of Blaiklock Glacier, 2 nautical miles south of Trey Peaks in the west part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Sgt. Major Desmond E.L...

. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...

 and so named because it marks the beginning of a badly crevassed area of Recovery Glacier

Recovery Glacier

The Recovery Glacier is a glacier flowing west along the southern side of the Shackleton Range in Antarctica. First seen from the air and examined from the ground by the CTAF in 1957, it was so named because of the recovery of the expedition's vehicles which repeatedly broke into bridged crevasses...

 through which the vehicles of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition had difficulty in passing on their journey from Shackleton Base to the South Pole

South Pole

The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...

in 1957.