Dzema Peak
Dzema Peak | ||
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height | 2570 m | |
location | Marie Byrd Land , Antarctica | |
Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 85 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 138 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) |
The Dzema Peak is a 2,570 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises 8 km west-southwest of Mount Ratliff on the north side of the Watson Escarpment .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1967 by John Dzema (1931 to 1969), lieutenant of the squadron VX-6 of the US Navy , which in the Antarctic summer months from 1962 to 1963 and 1963 to 1964 on the McMurdo station worked .
Web links
- Dzema Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dzema Peak on geographic.org (English)