Davey Peak
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 Topographic map of Toney Mountain with Davey Peak (scale 1: 250,000) |
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| height | 1855 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land | |
| Mountains | Toney Mountain | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 115 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Davey Peak is a small, 1,855 m high and rocky mountain peaks in the massif of Toney Mountain in West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises 13 km west of Scudder Peak on the south side of the massif.
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1959 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Gary R. Davey, a meteorologist at Byrd Station in 1966.
Web links
- Davey Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Davey Peak on geographic.org (English)