Beitzel Peak

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Beitzel Peak
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location West Antarctica
Mountains Marble Hills , Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains
Coordinates 80 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  S , 82 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 80 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  S , 82 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  W
Beitzel Peak (Antarctica)
Beitzel Peak
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Beitzel Peak is an elevation of the Marble Hills in West Antarctica . The summit in the northwest of the range of hills is about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of Minaret Peak . East of Beitzel Peak are the Craddock Crags .

The survey was named in 1966 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after John E. Beitzel, a geophysicist and member of two South Pole - Queen Maud Land - crossings of the United States Antarctic Program in 1964–1965 and 1965–1966.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Beitzel Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  2. ^ Craddock Crags ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.