Mikuro-iwa
| Mikuro-iwa | ||
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| Waters | Mawson Lake | |
| archipelago | Flatvær | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 0 ′ S , 39 ° 36 ′ E | |
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Mikuro-iwa (from Japanese ミ ク ロ 岩 , 'micro rocks' ) is a rocky reef off the Prince Harald coast of Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It is located in Kitano-ura Cove on the north side of East Ongul Island in the Flatvær archipelago .
Japanese scientists mapped it using surveys and aerial photographs of the Japanese Antarctic expeditions . You named it descriptively in 1994.
Web links
- Mikuro-iwa in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)