Fierle Peak
| Fierle Peak | ||
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| height | 1960 m | |
| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Forrestal Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 24 '58 " S , 50 ° 57' 58" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Fierle Peak is an acute and 1,960 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Queen Elizabeth Land . It rises at the southwest end of the Saratoga Table and 5 km east-southeast of Dyrdal Peak in the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of surveys and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1956 and 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Gerard R. Fierle (* 1920), meteorologist on the Ellsworth station in Antarctica Winter 1957.
Web links
- Fierle peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fierle Peak on geographic.org (English)