Blair Peak
| Blair Peak | ||
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| height | 960 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Framnes Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 62 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Blair Peak is a 960 m high and pointed mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the Framnes Mountains, it rises 3 km southeast of Rumdoodle Peak in the Masson Range .
Norwegian cartographers mapped the mountain using aerial photos taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . A new mapping was carried out by participants in the campaigns of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, which lasted from 1957 to 1960 . It is named after James Blair (* 1916), chief diesel engine mechanic at Mawson Station in 1958.
Web links
- Blair peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Blair Peak on geographic.org (English)