Balsley Peak
| Balsley Peak | ||
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| height | 1100 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Alexandra Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 153 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Balsley Peak is a striking and 1,100 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises in the Alexandra Mountains 2.2 km southeast of La Gorce Peak .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2004 after James Robinson Balsley Jr. (1916-1994), who carried out magnetometer surveys near this mountain as part of Operation Highjump (1946-1947) carried out by the United States Navy and later head of the geophysical department of the United States Geological Survey was made.
Web links
- Balsley peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Balsley Peak on geographic.org (English)