Mount Tokoroa
| Mount Tokoroa | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Tokoroa is a massive and snow-covered mountain with a rock spur in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Explorers Range of the Bowers Mountains it rises 10 km southeast of Mount Soza at the confluence of the Morley Glacier with the Carryer Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using surveys carried out between 1962 and 1963. Namesake is the New Zealand city of Tokoroa in recognition of the hospitality that the employees of the United States Antarctic Program experienced there.
Web links
- Mount Tokoroa in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Tokoroa on geographic.org (English)