Maya Mountain

Maya Mountain
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height	2000 m
location	Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	77 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 77 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E
Normal way	Alpine tour (glaciated)

The Maya Mountain is a 2,000 m high, pyramid-shaped mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises between Aztec Mountain and Pyramid Mountain immediately south of the Taylor Valley .

The team of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1958-1959) named it because its shape is reminiscent of the cultic pyramids of the Maya .

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