Soyuz-13 rock
| Soyuz-13 rock | ||
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| height | 1270 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Cook Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Soyus-13 Rock ( Russian Скала Союз-13 Skala Soyuz 13 , German 'Soyuz-13-Felsen' ) is a 1270 m high nunatak in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Cook Mountains it rises 3 km southeast of Schoonmaker Ridge .
Soviet scientists named it after the Soyuz 13 spacecraft launched on December 18, 1973 . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the Russian designation into English in 2000.
Web links
- Soyus-13 rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Soyus-13 Rock on geographic.org (English)