Tensoku rock
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 40 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Tensoku Rock ( Japanese 天 測 岩 Tensoku-iwa , German 'observation rock ' , Norwegian Observasjonberget ) is a prominent rocky promontory on the Crown Prince Olav coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises halfway between the Flattunga and the Tama Glacier .
He was mapped and photographed by participants in the Japanese Antarctic expedition, which lasted from 1957 to 1962, and who also named him. The US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the Japanese name into English in 1968.
Web links
- Tensoku Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tensoku Rock on geographic.org (English)