South Beacon
| South Beacon | ||
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| height | 2210 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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South Beacon ( English for southern beacon ) is a 2210 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the southern part of Beacon Heights in the Quartermain Mountains, it rises from a massive and flattened mountain ridge 2.5 km south of the West Beacon and southwest of the East Beacon .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in the course of geological work carried out here between 1980 and 1981.
Web links
- South Beacon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- South Beacon on geographic.org (English)