Beacon Heights
| Beacon Heights | ||
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 West Beacon and East Beacon in the southeast of the map sheet |
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| Highest peak | West Beacon ( 2345 m ) | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 50 ′ S , 160 ° 50 ′ E | |
The Beacon Heights are a small group of mountain peaks with a height of up to 2,345 m in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Quartermain Mountains they loom between the Beacon Valley and the Arena Valley .
It was named by the geologist Hartley T. Ferrar (1879-1932), participant of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It was named after the fossil-rich sandstone layers of the Beacon Supergroup found there .
Web links
- Beacon Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Beacon Heights on geographic.org (English)