Double finger peak
| Double finger peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Doublefinger Peak ( English for "double finger summit") is a mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located about four miles inland of Granite Harbor on the Scott Coast and northeast of Mount Marston .
Participants of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott discovered and named him. It was named after a snow-filled crevice on the eastern flank of the mountain, which separates it into two prominent rock needles .
Web links
- Doublefinger Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Doublefinger Peak on geographic.org (English)