Nakai Snowfield
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jason, Mount and Hercules, Mount.
Jason, Mount
Peak
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The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Hercules, Mount
Peak
Mount Hercules is a large, flat-topped, elevated feature between Mount Aeolus and Mount Jason in the Olympus Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for Hercules, a figure in Greek mythology.
Goldich Crest
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vanda Station and Dais.
Vanda Station
Locality
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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 5 km southeast of Nakai Snowfield.
Dais
Locality
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for Wright Upper Glacier at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Dais is situated 10 km southwest of Nakai Snowfield.
Nakai Snowfield
- Type: Water
- Categories: snow field and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Nakai Snowfield from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Nakai Snowfield” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “中井雪原”
- German: “Nakai Snowfield”
- German: “Nakai-Schneefeld”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nakai Snowfield”
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Highlights include Parish Ledge and Bratina Valley.
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