Mount Tararua
Mount Tararua | ||
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height | 2550 m | |
location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Monteath Hills in the Victory Mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 72 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Tararua is a striking and 2550 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises in the southwestern part of the Monteath Hills in the Victory Mountains .
The southern group of the New Zealand Federal Mountain Club Antarctic Expedition (1962-1963) climbed the mountain on January 3, 1963 and made the naming. It is named after the Mountaineering Association Tararua Tramping Club of New Zealand's capital Wellington , which belonged to the members of the Southern Group.
Web links
- Mount Tararua in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Tararua on geographic.org (English)