Dolan Peak
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 Topographic map of the Quartz Hills (bottom left) with Dolan Peak |
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| height | 2070 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartz Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 133 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Dolan peak is 2,070 m high and rocky mountains in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the northwestern part of the Quartz Hills, it rises 3 km west-northwest of Hendrickson Peak .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain on the basis of its own surveys and using aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Theodore G. Dolan, glaciologist at Byrd Station from 1959 to 1960.
Web links
- Dolan peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dolan Peak on geographic.org (English)