The Pyramid (East Antarctica)
| The pyramid | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Pyramid ( English for The Pyramid ) is a small, yet striking mountain peak in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Royal Society Range, it rises on the west side of the Koettlitz Glacier .
Participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott named it after its characteristic shape. The summit gave its name to the neighboring Pyramid Trough , a basin, and the Pyramid Ponds in it , which are part of the river system of the Alph River .
Web links
- The Pyramid in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Pyramid on geographic.org (English)