Mount Pukaki
| Mount Pukaki | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Pukaki is a mountain in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Frigate Range of the Queen Elizabeth Range , it looms between Mount Hawea and Mount Rotoiti .
The northern group of a campaign carried out from 1961 to 1962 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after the HMNZS Pukaki , a frigate of the Royal New Zealand Navy that was used in the Antarctic patrol service.
Web links
- Mount Pukaki in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Pukaki on geographic.org (English)