Coblentz Peak
| Coblentz Peak | ||
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| height | 1200 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Chiren Heights | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 6 '29 " S , 65 ° 5' 51" W | |
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The Coblentz Peak is a 1,200 m high mountain at the Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises on the north side of the head end of Holtedahl Bay .
Aerial photos by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957 served the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for a mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain in 1959 after the American physicist William Coblentz (1873-1962) from the United States National Bureau of Standards , whose work made decisive contributions to the improvement of snow goggles with tinted lenses.
Web links
- Coblentz Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Coblentz Peak on geographic.org (English)