Andrews Peak
| Andrews Peak | ||
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| height | 2400 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Destination-Nunatakker , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Andrews Peak is a 2,400 m high mountain peaks to the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Destination Nunatakkern it rises 5 km west of Pyramid Peak .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the New Zealand geologist Peter Bruce Andrews (* 1935), participant in the 1971 to 1972 campaign to explore the Evans Firnfield as part of Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions .
Web links
- Andrews Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Andrews Peak on geographic.org (English)