Blizzard Peak
| Blizzard Peak | ||
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| height | 3375 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Blizzard Peak ( English for snowstorm peak ) is at 3375 m the highest peak of the Marshall Mountains in the Antarctic Queen Alexandra chain , which is about 6.5 kilometers northwest of Mount Marshall .
It was named so by the Northern Group in a 1961-1962 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition after a blizzard prevented the group from approaching the mountain for several days.
Web links
- Blizzard Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Blizzard Peak on geographic.org (English)