Bloch Peak
| Bloch Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Deep Freeze Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Bloch Peak is a prominent mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Deep Freeze Range, it rises between the Priestley Glacier and the western part of the Tourmaline Plateau .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1990 after Erich Bloch (1925-2016), from 1984 to 1990 director of the National Science Foundation , which played a key role in the development of the United States Antarctic Program .
Web links
- Bloch Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bloch Peak on geographic.org (English)