Dickey Peak
| Dickey Peak | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 84 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Dickey Peak is a mountain summit in the West Antarctic Ellsworth Land . It rises in the northwestern part of the Flowers Hills in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1957 and 1959. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1961 after Clifford R. Dickey Jr., an electrical engineer at the South Pole Station in 1957.
Web links
- Dickey Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dickey Peak on geographic.org (English)