Claydon Peak
| Claydon Peak | ||
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| height | 3040 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Claydon Peak is a 3,040 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It projects a rocky northeast flank just south of the January Col on.
Participants of the New Zealand Southern Group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) explored the mountain in the spring of 1958. They named it after squadron leader John Richard Claydon (1917-2014) of the Royal New Zealand Air Force , chief of operations for air support for the southern group.
Web links
- Claydon Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Claydon Peak on geographic.org (English)