Tôtyaku-iwa

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Tôtyaku-iwa
height 2366  m
location Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Queen Fabiola Mountains
Coordinates 71 ° 47 ′ 0 ″  S , 36 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 71 ° 47 ′ 0 ″  S , 36 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E
Tôtyaku-iwa (Antarctica)
Tôtyaku-iwa

Tôtyaku-iwa ( Japanese 到 着 岩 'arrival rock' ) is a 2366  m high ledge in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . It is the northwest of two small rocky outcrops 13 km southeast of Mount Gaston de Gerlache in the southern part of the Queen Fabiola Mountains .

Japanese scientists arrived here in 1969 for surveys . This event led to his naming in 1981.

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