Roscolyn Gate
| Roscolyn Gate | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Allan Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Roscolyn Gate is a high rock formation of sandstone in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Allan Hills, it rises one mile southwest of Warren Peak .
It was explored in 1964 by a team working in the Allan Hills as part of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program . This named him after a similar rock formation on the Welsh island of Anglesey .
Web links
- Roscolyn gate in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Roscolyn Tor on geographic.org (English)