Faure Peak
| Faure Peak | ||
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| height | 3940 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Dominance | 334.58 km → Mount Fridtjof Nansen | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 128 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Faure Peak is a 3,940 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises 5.5 km east of Mount Minshew along the north side of the Wisconsin Range in the Horlick Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain using its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1960 and 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Gunter Faure (* 1934), head of the Ohio State University's geological team at one Research trip to the Horlick Mountains between 1964 and 1965.
Web links
- Faure Peak, Antarctica on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Faure peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Faure Peak on geographic.org (English)