Shinnan Rocks
Shinnan Rocks is a substantial area of exposed coastal rocks at the west side of Shinnan Glacier in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, 1957–1962, and named Shinnan-iwa.- Hill rising to 130 metres (427 feet)
- …is also known as “Tereshkovoj, oazis”
- Description: Area of coastal rocks in Antarctica
Shinnan Rocks
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-67.95° or 67° 57′ south
Longitude
44.56667° or 44° 34′ east
Open location code
3H462HX8+XM
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Shinnan Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sinnan Iwa”
- Chinese: “新南岩”
- Dutch: “Shinnan Rocks”
- German: “Shinnan Rocks”
- Hebrew: “סלעי שינאן”
- Hindi: “शिन्नान चट्टानें”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nyheia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nyheia i Dronning Maud Land”
- Swedish: “Sinnan Iwa”
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