Epidote Peak
| Epidote Peak | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 176 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The epidote Peak is a distinctive and rocky mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains it rises immediately north of the mouth of the Held Glacier and towers over the western flank of the Shackleton Glacier .
A team from Texas Tech University who explored the Shackleton Glacier between 1964 and 1965 made the naming. It is named after the occurrence of the mineral epidote , which gives the mountain a speckled appearance.
Web links
- Epidote Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Epidote Peak on geographic.org (English)