Engebretson Peak
| Engebretson Peak | ||
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| height | 3271 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Engebretson Peak is a 3271 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Johns Hopkins Ridge of the Royal Society Range , it looms between Sladen Summit and the Borg Bastion .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 1995 after the US atmospheric scientists Mark J. Engebretson from Augsburg College , an internationally recognized luminary in the correlation analysis of data from the Arctic and Antarctic .
Web links
- Engebretson peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Engebretson Peak on geographic.org (English)