Elder Peak
| Elder Peak | ||
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| height | 2360 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Churchill Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 81 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ S , 157 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Elder Peak is a 2,360 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Churchill Mountains it rises 10 km southwest of Mount Wharton on the northern edge of the Chapman snowfield .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2003 after William C. Elder, a topography engineer for the United States Geological Survey , who was involved in exploring the Churchill Mountains between 1961 and 1962.
Web links
- Elder Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Elder Peak on geographic.org (English)