Elbow Peak
| Elbow Peak | ||
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| height | 1195 m | |
| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Neptune Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 31 '59 " S , 56 ° 36' 58" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Elbow Peak (English for elbow tip ) is a 1195 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Queen Elizabeth Land . It rises at the southernmost bend of Berquist Ridge in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names gave it its descriptive name based on the geographical location in 1965.
Web links
- Elbow Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Elbow Peak on geographic.org (English)