Portal Rock
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Portal Rock 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.
Queen Alexandra Range
The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range in East Antarctica, about 160 km long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf. Alternate names for this range include Alexandra Mountains, Alexandra Range and Königin Alexandra...
, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northwest of Fairchild Peak
Fairchild Peak
Fairchild Peak is a conspicuous rock peak, 2,180 m, standing 1.6 nautical miles south-southeast of Portal Rock, at the south side of the mouth of Tillite Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William W. Fairchild, United States Antarctic Research Program cosmic rays...
, just south of the mouth of Tillite Glacier
Tillite Glacier
Tillite Glacier is a tributary glacier flowing northwest from Pagoda Peak in Queen Alexandra Range to join Lennox-King Glacier north of Fairchild Peak. So named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition because it contains outcrops of ancient moraine , indicative of glacial action in...
. So named by the Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
geology party (1966–67) because the only safe route to Tillite Glacier lies between this rock and Fairchild Peak.