Anchor Peak
Anchor Peak | ||
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Topographic map of the Adare Peninsula and Foyn Island (bottom right) |
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height | 91 m | |
location | Foyn Island , Possession Islands , Ross Sea | |
Coordinates | 71 ° 57 ′ 31 ″ S , 171 ° 4 ′ 20 ″ O | |
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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 .
Web links
- Anchor Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)