Breckinridge Peak
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Topographic map (1: 250,000) of the Edward VII Peninsula with Breckinridge Peak (bottom left) |
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height | 570 m | |
location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
Mountains | Rockefeller Mountains | |
Coordinates | 78 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ S , 155 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Breckinridge Peak is a 570 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . On the Edward VII Peninsula, it rises 1.5 km southwest of Mount Nilsen in the southern group of the Rockefeller Mountains .
It was discovered in 1929 during the first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930) by the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . He named him after his friend, the US politician and lawyer Henry Breckinridge (1886-1960) and his wife, the Cuban pilot Aida de Acosta (1884-1962).
Web links
- Breckinridge Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Breckinridge Peak on geographic.org (English)