Colwell massif
| Colwell massif | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Royal Society Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E | |
The Colwell massif is a 6 km long and 2,635 m high massif in the Royal Society Range of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is bordered by the Palais , the Ferrar and the Rotunda .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1994 after the American microbiologist Rita R. Colwell (* 1934), who carried out field research in Antarctica .
Web links
- Colwell Massif in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Colwell Massif on geographic.org (English)