Bynum Peak
| Bynum Peak | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 173 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Bynum Peak is a mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains it rises 5 km southeast of Mount Finley above the northern flank of the McGregor Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Gaither Daniel Bynum Jr., a satellite geodesist at McMurdo Station in 1965.
Web links
- Bynum Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bynum Peak on geographic.org (English)