Portal Rock

Portal Rock (83°50′S 165°36′E / 83.833°S 165.600°E / -83.833; 165.600Coordinates: 83°50′S 165°36′E / 83.833°S 165.600°E / -83.833; 165.600) is a turret-like rock knob (1,990 m) in Queen Alexandra Range, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northwest of Fairchild Peak, just south of the mouth of Tillite Glacier. So named by the Ohio State University geology party (1966–67) because the only safe route to Tillite Glacier lies between this rock and Fairchild Peak.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Portal Rock" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, November 21, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.