Blake Peak
| Blake Peak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ S , 143 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Blake Peak is an isolated mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises on the southwest flank of the Siemiatkowski glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Dale G. Blake, ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in 1964.
Web links
- Blake Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Blake Peak on geographic.org (English)