Hinode Peak
| Hinode Peak | ||
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| height | 120 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 42 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Hinode Peak ( Japanese 日 の 出山 Hinode-yama , German for 'mountain of the sunrise' ) is a 120 m high mountain on the Crown Prince Olav coast in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises 5 km southwest of Cape Hinode .
Aerial photographs and measurements by a Japanese Antarctic expedition carried out from 1957 to 1962 were used to map it. The American Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the Japanese name into English in 1975.
Web links
- Hinode peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hinode Peak on geographic.org (English)