Toltec Butte
| Toltec Butte | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Allan Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Toltec Butte is a compact witness mountain in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Allan Hills , it looms east of the Harris Valley in Shipton Ridge .
Scientists from a campaign of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program in the Allan Hills explored it in 1964 and named it after its resemblance to buildings of the Toltec culture .
Web links
- Toltec Butte in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Toltec Butte on geographic.org (English)