Colosseum Cliff
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 Nearby
Highlights include Brunhilde Peak and Panorama Peak.
Brunhilde 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. Brunhilde Peak is situated 3 km south of Colosseum Cliff.
Panorama Peak
Peak
The Inland Forts are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The peaks were discovered by Ervon r. Koenig and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04. Panorama Peak is situated 3 km south of Colosseum Cliff.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plane Table Glacier and Dais.
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.
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 7 km northwest of Colosseum Cliff.
Linnaeus Terrace
Locality
Linnaeus Terrace is a rock terrace on the north side of Oliver Peak in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is protected under the Antarctic Treaty System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area No.138 because it is one of the richest known sites for the cryptoendolithic communities that colonise the Beacon Sandstone. Linnaeus Terrace is situated 9 km west of Colosseum Cliff.
Colosseum Cliff
- Type: Cliff
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.60052° or 77° 36′ 2″ southLongitude
161.43855° or 161° 26′ 19″ eastOpen location code
2VJ39CXQ+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 11693541609OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliffWikidata ID
Q5149125
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Colosseum Cliff” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “科勒錫厄姆崖”
- German: “Colosseum Cliff”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Colosseum Cliff”
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