Ainley Peak
| Ainley Peak | ||
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| height | 1240 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Ainley Peak is a distinctive mountain peaks on the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises 1240 m high 5 km southwest of Post Office Hill in the east of the island.
The mountain is named after the American ornithologist David George Ainley (* 1946), who studied penguin and sku populations at Cape Crozier and McMurdo Sound in six campaigns from 1969 to 1984 .
Web links
- Ainley Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ainley Peak on geographic.org (English)