Panorama Point (Antarctica)
| Panorama Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 82 ° 49 ′ S , 159 ° 10 ′ E | |
| location | Cotton Plateau in the Transantarctic Mountains of the Ross Dependency | |
| Waters | Nimrod Glacier | |
| Waters 2 | Marsh glacier | |
The Panorama Point is one of a hill towering over the headland in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It is located on the northwest side of the Cotton Plateau and marks the confluence of the Marsh Glacier with the Nimrod Glacier to the east .
The crew of a campaign carried out from 1964 to 1965 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition to explore the Holyoake Range , the Cobham Range and the Queen Elizabeth Range named them after the view offered here.
Web links
- Panorama Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Panorama Point on geographic.org