Kakure Rocks
The Kakure Rocks are two rocky exposures along the east wall of Shinnan Glacier, at the western extremity of Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were mapped from surveys and air photos by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, 1957–62, and named Kakure-iwa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Kakure Rocks
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 221 metres
- Description: rock formations in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kakure Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kakure Iwa”
- Chinese: “隱岩”
- Dutch: “Kakure Rocks”
- German: “Kakure Rocks”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Løyndesteinane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Løyndesteinane”
- Swedish: “Kakure Iwa”
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