Blank peaks
| Blank peaks | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Cook Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 45 ′ S , 158 ° 45 ′ E | |
The Blank Peaks are a group of ice-free mountain peaks in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Brown Hills of the Cook Mountains , they lie on an isolated ridge between the Bartrum and Foggydog glaciers .
They were mapped by participants in a 1962-1963 campaign as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions . It is named after the American geologist Horace Richard Blank Jr. (* 1929), who participated in this research trip.
Web links
- Blank peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Blank Peaks on geographic.org (English)