Orestes, Mount
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,100 metres
- Description: mountain in the Olympus Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Mount Orestes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wrenn Peak and Cerberus, Mount.
Wrenn Peak
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Cerberus, Mount
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Peleus, Mount
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jones Terrace and Prospect Mesa.
Jones Terrace
Locality
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Prospect Mesa
Locality
Prospect Mesa is a low mesa in Victoria Land, in eastern Antarctica. It lies below Bull Pass on the north side of Wright Valley. The name designates that it is part of the regional geological Prospect Formation.
Vanda Station
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Vanda Station was an Antarctic research base in the western highlands of the Ross Dependency, specifically on the shore of Lake Vanda, at the mouth of Onyx River, in the Wright Valley. Vanda Station is situated 8 km southwest of Orestes, Mount.
Orestes, Mount
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.47125° or 77° 28′ 17″ southLongitude
161.92702° or 161° 55′ 37″ eastElevation
2,100 metres (6,890 feet)Named after
OrestesOpen location code
2VJ3GWHG+GROpenStreetMap ID
node 7952961573OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
6622671Wikidata ID
Q6922601
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Orestes, Mount” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Orestes (bukid)”
- Cebuano: “Orestes”
- Chinese: “俄瑞斯忒斯山”
- Dutch: “Mount Orestes”
- German: “Mount Orestes”
- Ladin: “Mount Orestes”
- Low German: “Mount Orestes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Orestes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Orestes”
- Swedish: “Mount Orestes”
- Swedish: “Orestes”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Boulder Pavement and Vanda Station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bull Pass and Booth, Mount.
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