Detling Peak
| Detling Peak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land | |
| Mountains | Kohler Range | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 114 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Detling Peak is a cone-shaped and icy mountains in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises 20 km southwest of Morrison Bluff in the Kohler Range .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Geoffrey L. Leister, biologist of the United States Antarctic Research Program to explore Marie -Byrd-Lands from 1966 to 1967.
Web links
- Detling Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Detling Peak on geographic.org (English)