Elliot Peak
| Elliot Peak | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Elliot Peak is a mountain peak in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra Range of the Transantarctic Mountains it projects 1.5 km northwest of the Tempest peak of a distinctive, extending to the northeast ridge of basalt on.
A team from Ohio State University , which explored the Queen Alexandra chain between 1966 and 1967, made the designation. It is named after the British geologist David Hawksley Elliot (* 1936), a participant in this research trip.
Web links
- Elliot Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Elliot Peak on geographic.org (English)