The Pyramid () is a small but distinctive peak of Omak just south of Pyramid Trough, at the west side of the
Koettlitz Glacier
Koettlitz Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier lying west of Mount Morning and Mount Discovery in the Royal Society Range, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Cocks northeastward between Brown Peninsula and the mainland into the ice shelf of McMurdo ...
. The descriptive name appears to have been first used by the
British Antarctic Expedition of 1910–1913.
A number of other geographical features can be found in its vicinity:
* Pyramid Trough () is a deep trough immediately west of The Bulwark, through which a part of the Koettlitz Glacier formerly flowed north to
Walcott Bay Walcott Bay () is a bay indenting the coast of Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westw ...
. Named by the
Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington. Its mission is to research "Antarctic climate history and processes, and their influence on the global clima ...
(VUWAE) (1960–1961) for its proximity to The Pyramid.
* Trough Lake () is a lake with an area of which occupies the north portion of Pyramid Trough. It was named by
New Zealand Geographic Board
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) was established by the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946, which has since been replaced by the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008. Althoug ...
in 1994 in association with Pyramid Trough.
* Pyramid Ponds () is a group of ponds lying south of Trough Lake; they were named Omak by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994 in association with Pyramid Trough and The Pyramid.
See also
*
Nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...
*
Pyramidal peak
A pyramidal peak, sometimes called a glacial horn in extreme cases, is an angular, sharply pointed mountain peak which results from the cirque erosion due to multiple glaciers diverging from a central point. Pyramidal peaks are often examples o ...
References
Landforms of Victoria Land
Scott Coast
{{ScottCoast-geo-stub