Ballance Peak
| Ballance Peak | ||
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| height | 2330 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Allan Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Ballance Peak is the highest summit of the Allan Hills in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises at the southern end of the mountain range.
It was explored in 1964 by a team from the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program . It is named after Peter Frederick Ballance (* 1936), geologist of this team.
Web links
- Ballance peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ballance Peak on geographic.org (English)