Hartog Peak
| Hartog Peak | ||
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| height | 990 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 178 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Den Hartog Peak is a 990 m high mountain on the Dufek Coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 5 km southeast of Woodall Peak on the west side of the mouth of the Ramsey Glacier in the Ross Ice Shelf .
The mountain was discovered and photographed by during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) during an overflight between February 29 and March 1, 1940. The American geophysicist Albert P. Crary (1911–1997) took between In 1957 and 1958 the mountain was surveyed. Crary named the mountain after Stephen Den Hartog, a glaciologist of a team that explored Victoria Land between 1958 and 1959 and wintered at Little America V in 1958 .
Web links
- The Hartog Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Hartog Peak on geographic.org (English)