Ko-iwa
| Ko-iwa | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 42 '0 " S , 40 ° 33' 0" E | |
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The Ko-iwa ( transcription from Japanese 小 岩 'Little Rock' , Norwegian Veslenuten ) is a rock formation on the Crown Prince Olav Coast in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It rises 5.5 km west of the Oku-iwa Glacier .
Aerial photographs and measurements of a Japanese Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1957 to 1962, during which the descriptive naming was also made, were used to map it.
Web links
- Ko-iwa Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ko-iwa Rock on geographic.org (English)