England Peak
| England Peak | ||
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| height | 2150 m | |
| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Dufek Massif , Pensacola Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 37 '4 " S , 52 ° 48' 52" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The England Peak is an acute and approximately 2150 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Queen Elizabeth Land . It rises 0.8 km south of Aughenbaugh Peak and east of Neuburg Peak in the western section of the Dufek massif of the Pensacola Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1952 at the suggestion of the American geologist Arthur B. Ford . It is named after Anthony W. England, geophysicist of the United States Geological Survey , who worked on the Dufek massif between 1976 and 1977 and from 1978 to 1979.
Web links
- England peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- England Peak on geographic.org