Cape Omega
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 34 ′ S , 40 ° 59 ′ E | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Crown Prince Olav Coast | |
| Waters | Cosmonaut Sea ( Southern Ocean ) | |
Cape Omega ( Japanese オ メ ガ 岬 Omega-misaki ) is a striking rocky cape on the Crown Prince Olav coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It lies between the Omega Glacier and the Daruma Rock . On the cape, Omega-higasi Iwa , Omega-naka Iwa and Omega-nisi Iwa rise up in an east-west sequence.
Participants in the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, which lasted from 1957 to 1962, mapped, photographed and named it.
Web links
- Cape Omega in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Omega on geographic.org (English)