Baulch Peak
| Baulch Peak | ||
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| height | 1696 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Andrew Plateau , Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Baulch Peak is a 1,696 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises eight miles north of Claydon Peak and marks the foothills of a rock spur that extends north from the Prince Andrew Plateau in the Queen Elizabeth Range of the Transantarctic Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after DeeWitt M. Baulch (1933-2010) from the United States Antarctic Research Program , who worked in 1958 as a meteorologist at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station .
Web links
- Baulch peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Baulch Peak on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baulch Peak , information on antarctica.discair.co.uk (accessed February 27, 2018).