Cranfield Peak
| Cranfield Peak | ||
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| height | 2850 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 Cranfield Peak is a 2850 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 10 km south of Mount Weeks in the Queen Elizabeth Range of the Transantarctic Mountains .
Participants of the New Zealand Southern Group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) originally named it after a visit as Sentinel Peak . However, to avoid confusion with Sentinel Peak in Viktorialand , the mountain was renamed. The namesake of the name that is valid today is the New Zealand flight officer William Joseph Cranfield (* 1933) of the Royal New Zealand Air Force , who supported the southern group as a pilot on the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
Web links
- Cranfield peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cranfield Peak on geographic.org (English)