Sankyaku Yama

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Sankyaku Yama
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height 99  m
location Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Coordinates 68 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  S , 41 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 68 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  S , 41 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  E
Sankyaku Yama (Antarctica)
Sankyaku Yama

The Sankyaku Yama ( Japanese 三脚 山 'tripod mountain' ) is a 99  m high hill on the Crown Prince Olav Coast in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It is the highest hill on Cape Omega .

Japanese scientists named it in 1979 after the tripod that geodesists used to survey the hill.

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