Mount Aorangi
Mount Aorangi | ||
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height | 3135 m | |
location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 72 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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At 3,135 m, Mount Aorangi is the highest mountain in the Millen Range in the Victory Mountains of the East Antarctic Victoria Land .
Members of the New Zealand Federated Mountain Club Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963) named it after the term "aorangi" from the Māori , which means something like "cloud piercer".
Web links
- Mount Aorangi in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Aorangi on geographic.org (English)