Bengaard Peak
| Bengaard Peak | ||
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| height | 2110 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Bengaard Peak is a 2110 m high and prominent mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 10 km south of the Fazekas Hills on the south side of the Queen Elizabeth Range .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Hans Jørgen Bengaard, ionospheric scientist with the United States Antarctic Program at Little America V station in 1957.
Web links
- Bengaard Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bengaard Peak on geographic.org (English)