Pian delle Tectiti
| Pian delle Tectiti | ||
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| height | 2600 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Eisenhower Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 11 ′ 1 ″ S , 162 ° 14 ′ 22 ″ E | |
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The Pian delle Tectiti ( Italian for Tektite Plain ) is a 2600 m high nunatak in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Eisenhower Range it rises 48 km east-southeast of Timber Peak . It presents itself as a granitoid rock ledge with an eroded, 1000 m² summit plateau.
Italian scientists named it in 2008. In 2006, the Nunatak was one of the first places in the Transantarctic Mountains where microtectites were discovered.
Web links
- Tectiti, Pian delle in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)