Otway massif
| Otway massif | ||
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| height | 3200 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Grosvenor Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 172 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Otway solid is a striking mainly ice-free and 3200 m high mountain solid with an area of approximately 112 square kilometers in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It looms at the confluence of the Mill Glacier and Mill Stream Glacier on the northwest end of the Grosvenor Mountains .
It was explored and named by the southern group of a campaign carried out from 1961 to 1962 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition . It is named after Peter Miles Otway (* 1936), a participant in the expedition.
Web links
- Otway Massif in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Otway Massif on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Miles Otway on the Otway Family Tree homepage (accessed January 4, 2016).