Junction Knob
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Odin, Mount and Obelisk Mountain.
Odin, Mount
Peak
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin.
Obelisk Mountain
Peak
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin.
Siegmund Peak
Peak
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plane Table Glacier and Vanda Station.
Plane Table Glacier
Locality
Plane Table Glacier is a short, tapering glacier on the north side of Plane Table that extends part way down the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land.
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 north of Junction Knob.
Junction Knob
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,780 metres
- Description: glacial Peak
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.59204° or 77° 35′ 31″ southLongitude
161.65221° or 161° 39′ 8″ eastElevation
1,780 metres (5,840 feet)Open location code
2VJ3CM52+5VOpenStreetMap ID
node 11109015864OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Junction Knob” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Junction Knob”
- Dutch: “Junction Knob”
- German: “Junction Knob”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Junction Knob”
- Swedish: “Junction Knob (kulle i Antarktis)”
- Swedish: “Junction Knob”
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