Tensoku Rock
Tensoku Rock is an exposed rock lying on the coast, midway between Flattunga and Tama Glacier in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, 1957–62, and named Tensoku-iwa because the feature served as a point of observation for the JARE survey party.- Hill
- Description: coastal rock in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-68.8° or 68° 48′ south
Longitude
40.18333° or 40° 11′ east
Open location code
3H32652M+28
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tensoku Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tensoku Iwa”
- Chinese: “天測岩”
- Dutch: “Tensoku Rock”
- German: “Tensoku Rock”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Observasjonsberget”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Observasjonsberget”
- Swedish: “Tensoku Iwa”
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