Pyramid Mountain
The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maya Mountain and Aztec Mountain.
Maya Mountain
Peak
Maya Mountain is a small pyramidal mountain, about 2,000 metres high, between Aztec Mountain and Pyramid Mountain, just south of Taylor Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Aztec Mountain
Peak
Aztec Mountain is a small pyramidal mountain over 2,000 metres high, just southwest of Maya Mountain and west of Beacon Valley in Victoria Land. It was so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition because its shape resembles the pyramidal ceremonial platforms used by the Aztec and Maya civilizations.
Pyramid Mountain
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,120 metres
- Description: Quartermain Mountains, Antarctica
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.78397° or 77° 47′ 2″ southLongitude
160.66489° or 160° 39′ 54″ eastElevation
2,120 metres (6,955 feet)Open location code
2VJ26M87+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 7949601403OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pyramid Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pyramid Mountain”
- German: “Pyramid Mountain”
- Hebrew: “הר פירמיד”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pyramid Mountain”
- Swedish: “Pyramid Mountain, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Pyramid Mountain”
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