Cupcake peaks
| Cupcake peaks | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Churchill Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 42 ′ S , 158 ° 36 ′ E | |
The Cupcake Peaks are two rounded mountains with a height of up to 1,331 m in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Churchill Mountains they tower 5 km southeast of Mount Hamilton .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names gave them a descriptive name in 2003 because their shape is reminiscent of cupcakes .
Web links
- Cupcake peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cupcake Peaks on geographic.org (English)