Forecastle Summit
| Forecastle Summit | ||
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| height | 2040 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Forecastle Summit (English for Backgipfel ) is a 2040 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Convoy Range it rises as the highest point of the Staten Island Heights in its northern section. Its rounded summit offers impressive views of the Fry and Benson glaciers .
Based on the naming of other objects in the Convoy Range, which are named after seafaring terms, a team from the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program , who worked in the area between 1989 and 1990, named the mountain after a certain type of foredeck on ships.
Web links
- Forecastle Summit in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Forecastle Summit on geographic.org (English)