Beta peak
| Beta peak | ||
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| height | 1620 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Albert Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The beta peak is 1,620 m high, rocky mountain peaks in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Prince Albert Mountains it towers over a small, ice-free table mountain 3 km northeast of the Zeugenberg Pudding Butte .
The southern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963) named it so because it was the so-called Station B or Beta of the research trip.
Web links
- Beta Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Beta Peak on geographic.org (English)