Orion massif
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 23 ′ S , 66 ° 47 ′ W | |
The Orion Massif is a 22 km long massif consisting of a tangle of mountains , passes , ridges and cirques in the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 6 km east-northeast of the Scorpio Peaks between the upper sections of the Meiklejohn and Millett glaciers .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the massif after the constellation Orion in 1976 .
Web links
- Orion Massif in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Orion Massif on geographic.org (English)