Citadel Peak
| Mount Vaughan | ||
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| location | Marie-Byrd-Land , West Antarctica (politically: Ross Dependency ) | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 57 '0 " S , 154 ° 27' 0" W | |
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The Citadel Peak (English for Citadel tip is) a mountain of volcanic rock in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises 10 km east of Mount Vaughan on the southern flank of the Vaughan Glacier . It is striking through vertical stone slabs on the summit, which are reminiscent of the fortified towers of a citadel.
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. Participants in a campaign from 1969 to 1970 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition gave it its descriptive name.
Web links
- Citadel Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Citadel Peak on geographic.org (English)