Maruhana
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 56 ′ S , 44 ° 32 ′ E | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Crown Prince Olav Coast | |
| Waters | Shinnan Glacier | |
| Waters 2 | Cosmonaut Lake | |
Maruhana ( transcription from Japanese 丸 鼻 'round nose' ) is a headland on the Crown Prince Olav coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is one of the two western extensions of the Shinnan Rocks on the western flank of the Shinnan Glacier .
Japanese cartographers mapped them using aerial photographs from 1962 and surveys from 1974. The descriptive name was given in 1977.
Web links
- Maruhana in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)