Anchor Peak

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Anchor Peak
Topographic map of the Adare Peninsula and Foyn Island (bottom right)

Topographic map of the Adare Peninsula and Foyn Island (bottom right)

height 91  m
location Foyn Island , Possession Islands , Ross Sea
Coordinates 71 ° 57 ′ 31 ″  S , 171 ° 4 ′ 20 ″  O Coordinates: 71 ° 57 ′ 31 ″  S , 171 ° 4 ′ 20 ″  O
Anchor Peak (Antarctica)
Anchor Peak

The Anchor peak (English for anchor tip is) a 91  m high mountain before the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises on the southern foothills of Foyn Island in the group of Possession Islands .

The name probably goes back to the Norwegian polar explorer Henryk Bull , who landed on January 17, 1895 with the ship Antarctic on Possession Island .

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