Nanten Iwa
Nanten Iwa | ||
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location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Minami-Yamato Nunatak Gun | |
Coordinates | 71 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 35 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Nanten Iwa (from Japanese 南 天 岩 ' South Heaven Rocks ' ) is a small, reddish ledge in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises 8 km northeast of Kurakake Yama in the Nunatakker group Minami-Yamato Nunatak-Gun .
Japanese scientists made measurements in 1973 and naming in 1981.
Web links
- Nanten Iwa in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)