Golden Cap
| Golden Cap | ||
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| height | 2870 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Golden Cap (English for gold cap ) is a 2870 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain of the Transantarctic Mountains , it is the highest point on the ridge between Mount Falla and Fremouw Peak .
A team from Ohio State University , which explored the Queen Alexandra chain between 1966 and 1967, named the mountain descriptively after the golden-yellow sandstone from which the mountain is made.
Web links
- Golden Cap in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Golden Cap on geographic.org (English)