Baillieu Peak
| Baillieu Peak | ||
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| height | 1380 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ S , 60 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Baillieu Peak is a 1380 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It rises 40 km south of Cape Bruce and 16 km west-southwest of Pearce Peak from the Antarctic continental ice.
It was discovered in February 1931 by participants in the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE, 1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . It is named after the Australian businessman Clive Latham Baillieu (1889–1967), a sponsor of the research trip .
Web links
- Baillieu peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Baillieu Peak on geographic.org (English)