Curtis Peaks
| Curtis Peaks | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 84 ° 56 ′ S , 169 ° 36 ′ W | |
The Curtis Peaks are a small group of mountain peaks in the Ross Dependency . They tower up to 1,600 m at the end of a ridge that extends eastward from Mount Hall in the Lillie Range .
Members of a team to explore the Ross Ice Shelf (1957-1958) under the direction of the American geophysicist Albert P. Crary (1911-1987) discovered and photographed them. Crary named the group after Lieutenant Commander Roy Everett Curtis (1915-1998), pilot of the United States Navy's VX-6 squadron in several Deep Freeze operations .
Web links
- Curtis Peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Curtis Peaks on geographic.org (English)