Allen Peak
| Allen Peak | ||
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| height | 1880 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 86 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Allen Peak is a 1,880 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Ellsworth Land . It rises 8 km west of Mount Wyatt Earp and forms the northern end of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .
The American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth discovered the mountain during his transantarctic flight on November 23, 1935. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Robert J. Allen Jr., a cartographer specializing in Antarctica between 1950 and 1979 and later advisor to the United States Geological Survey who helped create a map of the area around the mountain in 1962.
Web links
- Allen peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Allen Peak on geographic.org (English)