Bishop Peak
| Bishop Peak | ||
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| height | 3460 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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 Bishop Peak at the top left of the map |
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The Bishop Peak is a pointed and 3460 m high mountain peak in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It looms in the center of Rampart Ridge in the Royal Society Range .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1963 after the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu , from which numerous scientists came to study Antarctica .
Web links
- Bishop Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bishop Peak on geographic.org (English)