Branscomb Peak
| Branscomb Peak | ||
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| height | 4520 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 30 '57 " S , 85 ° 41' 44" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Branscomb Peak is a 4,520 m high mountain peaks in the Ellsworth Mountains of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It rises 1.8 km northwest of Mount Vinson as the highest point of a ridge that forms the summit of the western flank of the Vinson massif above the upper section of the Branscomb Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the summit in 2006 based on the naming of the glacier of the same name. It is named after the American physicist Lewis M. Branscomb (* 1926), Chairman of the National Science Board from 1982 to 1984.
Web links
- Branscomb peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Branscomb Peak on geographic.org (English)