Austin Peak
| Austin Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Concord Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Austin Peak is a mountain summit in the east-central part of the Mirabito Range of the Concord Mountains in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land .
Participants in the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1963-1964) named him after the American engineer William T. Austin (1927-2003), representative of the United States Antarctic Program at McMurdo Station from 1963 to 1964, who at that time organized support for New Zealand field research teams.
Web links
- Austin peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Austin Peak on geographic.org (English)