Mount Osorno
Mount Osorno | ||
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height | 634 m | |
location | Greenwich Island , South Shetland Islands | |
Coordinates | 62 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ S , 59 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Monte Osorno is a 634 m high and snow-covered mountain on Greenwich Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises up between the ice channels on the north coast of the island.
Scientists of the 2nd Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947–1948) named it after the Osorno volcano in Chile .
Web links
- Osorno, Monte in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)