Ford Peak
| Ford Peak | ||
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| height | 1830 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Albert Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Ford Peak is a 1,830 m high, rocky mountain peaks in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Prince Albert Mountains it rises 10.5 km west of Mount Billing .
The southern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1962-1963) named him after the New Zealand geodesist Malcolm Roding James Ford (1939-1996), participant of this expedition and member of the team at Scott Base in the Antarctic winter of 1962.
Web links
- Ford Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ford Peak on geographic.org (English)