Hunagata Iwa
| Hunagata Iwa | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shinnan Rocks | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 55 '0 " S , 44 ° 31' 0" E | |
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| Type | hill | |
The Hunagata Iwa ( Japanese 舟 形 岩 'boat rock' ) is a hill in the shape of an upturned boat on the Crown Prince Olav Coast in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It rises on the northern foothills of Shinnan Rocks .
Japanese scientists took aerial photographs in 1962 and carried out surveys in 1974. They named it descriptively in 1977 after its shape.
Web links
- Hunagata Iwa in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)