Asher Peak
| Asher Peak | ||
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| height | 2480 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | McCuddin Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 129 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Asher Peak is a 2,480 m high mountain peaks in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises in the southwest section of Mount Flint in the McCuddin Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1959 and 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the summit after Bill F. Asher, senior building electrician at Little America V station in 1958 and operator and Supervisor of the nuclear reactor unit at McMurdo Station in 1969.
Web links
- Asher peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Asher Peak on geographic.org (English)