Meoto Rocks
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 7 ′ S , 42 ° 36 ′ E | |
The Meoto Rocks ( Japanese 夫婦 岩 Meoto-iwa , Norwegian Hjonsteinane , translated on both sides as husband-wife rocks ) are two large rocky outcrops on the Crown Prince Olav coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . They rise immediately to the west of Cape Hinode .
Surveys and aerial photographs of a Japanese Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1957 to 1962 were used to map them. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred the Japanese name from 1962 in 1968 in a partial translation into English.
Web links
- Meoto Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Meoto Rocks on geographic.org (English)