Mount Rotoiti
| Mount Rotoiti | ||
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| height | 2900 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Rotoiti is a 2900 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Frigate Range of the Queen Elizabeth Range, it rises 1.5 km northeast of Mount Pukaki .
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 Rotoiti , a frigate of the Royal New Zealand Navy that was used in the Antarctic patrol service.
Web links
- Mount Rotoiti in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Rotoiti on geographic.org (English)