Gorgons Head
| Gorgons Head | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Cook Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ S , 157 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Gorgon's Head (English for Gorgon ) is a mountain of sandstone with Doleriteinschlüssen in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Cook Mountains, it rises southeast of Mount Hughes .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it on March 7, 1991 after the Gorgons from Greek mythology .
Web links
- Gorgon's Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gorgons Head on geographic.org (English)