Dentine Peak
| Dentine Peak | ||
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| height | 2210 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The dentine Peak (English for Dentinspitze ) is a 2,210 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises as the highest peak of the northeastern part of the Molar massif in the Bowers Mountains .
The New Zealand geologist Roger A. Cooper, head of the teams working in this area for paleontological studies from 1974 to 1975 and from 1981 to 1982 as part of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program , named the mountain based on the name of the Molar massif.
Web links
- Dentine peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dentine Peak on geographic.org (English)