Foreman Peak

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Foreman Peak
height 2050  m
location Marie Byrd Land , Antarctica
Mountains Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 85 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  S , 138 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 85 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  S , 138 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  W
Foreman Peak (Antarctica)
Foreman Peak
Normal way Alpine tour (glaciated)

The Foreman Peak is a 2,050  m high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises 3 km west of Dzema Peak on the north side of the Watson Escarpment .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1967 after Donald L. Foreman, mechanic of the United States Navy's VX-6 squadron , who wintered at Little America V Station in 1958 and at McMurdo Station in 1960.

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