Mount Minami-heitō
| Mount Minami-heitō | ||
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| height | 480 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Langhovde | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 39 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Minami-heitō ( Japanese 南平 頭 山 Minami-heitō-zan , German , southern flat summit mountain ' ) is a 480 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud country . On the Prince Harald Coast, it rises at the southeast end of the Langhovde group of hills .
Aerial photographs and measurements of a Japanese Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1957 to 1962 were used to map it. The naming based on that of the neighboring Mount Heito to the north took place in 1973. The American Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred it to English in 1975.
Web links
- Mount Minami-heitō in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Minami-heitō on geographic.org (English)