Mount Moa
| Mount Moa | ||
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| height | 2000 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Churchill Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 157 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Moa is an over 2000 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . At the northern end of the Churchill Mountains, it rises above the Kiwi Pass at the southern end of the Kent Plateau .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2003 after the Moa , an extinct ratite order native to New Zealand .
Web links
- Mount Moa in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Moa on geographic.org (English)