Charpentier pyramid

Charpentier pyramid
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height	1080 m
location	Coatsland , East Antarctica
Mountains	Herbert Mountains , Shackleton Range
Coordinates	80 ° 16 ′ 5 ″ S , 25 ° 35 ′ 44 ″ W Coordinates: 80 ° 16 ′ 5 ″ S , 25 ° 35 ′ 44 ″ W
Normal way	Alpine tour (glaciated)

The Charpentier Pyramid is a pyramid-shaped mountain in the East Antarctic Coatsland . It rises 1,080 m in the northwest section of the Herbert Mountains in the Shackleton Range .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1971 after the German-Swiss glaciologist Johann von Charpentier (1786–1855), who in 1835 provided evidence of the earlier expansion of what were now smaller glaciers.

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