Annexstad Peak
| Annexstad Peak | ||
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 Topographic map of Mount Cumming (below) with Annexstad Peak |
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| height | 2612 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Executive Committee Range | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 125 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Annexstad Peak is an ice-free places and 2612 m high peak at the western edge of the crater of the extinct volcano Mount Cumming in the Executive Committee Range in West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain using its own measurements and with the help of Trimetrogon aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1958 and 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after the American geomagnetologist and seismologist John Owen Annexstad (* 1932), who worked on the Byrd station in 1958 .
Web links
- Annexstad Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Annexstad Peak on geographic.org (English)