Decennial Peak
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 Topographic map with Decennial Peak in the northwest section of the map |
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| height | 4020 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Decennial Peak is a 4,020 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain of the Transantarctic Mountains, it rises 5 km southwest of Mount Kirkpatrick .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1958 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Institute for Polar Research at Ohio State University , whose research focus is the 1960s was Antarctica.
Web links
- Decennial peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Decennial Peak on geographic.org (English)