Cirque Peak
| Cirque Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Cirque Peak is a mountain summit of the Victory Mountains in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 1.5 km south of Le Couteur Peak in the Millen Range .
Members of the New Zealand Federated Mountain Club Antarctic Expedition (1962-1963) named it after its location at the head of a large mountain basin (English: cirque ) that belongs to the firn field of the Pearl Harbor Glacier .
Web links
- Cirque Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cirque Peak on geographic.org (English)