Boeger Peak
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 Topographic map of Toney Mountain with Boeger Peak (scale 1: 250,000) |
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| height | 3069 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land | |
| Mountains | Toney Mountain | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ S , 116 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Boeger Peak is a 3,069 m high mountain peaks in the massif of Toney Mountain in West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises 3 km west of Richmond Peak .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1976 after Alvin C. Boeger, senior aerographer of the US Navy's sea ice monitoring unit, whose measurements were carried out Reconnaissance flights from New Zealand to Antarctica between October and December 1972 were important for ship operations in the area.
Web links
- Boeger Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Boeger Peak on geographic.org (English)