Mount Ocher
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 Topographic map with Black Island (above, right half of the picture) and Mount Ocher |
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| location | Black Island , Ross Archipelago , Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Ocher (English for mountain of ocher ) is a partially eroded volcanic crater on Black Island in the Antarctic Ross Archipelago . It rises 5 km east of Mount Aurora .
Participants in a campaign carried out from 1958 to 1959 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after the ocher-colored litter on the upper slopes of the crater.
Web links
- Mount Ocher in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Ocher on geographic.org (English)