Temmondai rock
| Temmondai rock | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 41 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Temmondai Rock ( Norwegian Observatorieheia ) is a rock formation on the Crown Prince Olav Coast in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It rises on the east side of the mouth of the Higashi-naga-iwa glacier .
It was mapped and photographed by participants in the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, which lasted from 1957 to 1962 and named it 天文台 岩 Temmondai-iwa (Japanese for observatory rock ). The US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the Japanese name into English in 1968.
Web links
- Temmondai rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Temmondai Rock on geographic.org (English)