Christie Peaks
| Christie Peaks | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Batterbee Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 15 ′ S , 67 ° 23 ′ W | |
The Christie Peaks are a striking group of pointed mountains on the Rymill Coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . They rise up in the northern part of the Batterbee Mountains immediately south of the mouth of the Ryder Glacier in George VI Sound .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the group on July 21, 1976 Timothy Julian Churchill Christie (* 1934), geodesist of the British Antarctic Survey on Stonington Island from 1970 to 1971.
Web links
- Christie peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Christie Peaks on geographic.org (English)