Fopay Peak
| Fopay Peak | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Fopay Peak is a mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Elizabeth Range, it rises 8 km northwest of Mount Macbain on the southern flank of the Cornwall Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Charles F. Fopay (1917-2002), who in 1958 worked as a meteorologist at Little America V station .
Web links
- Fopay Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fopay Peak on geographic.org (English)