Foreman Peak
Foreman Peak | ||
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height | 2050 m | |
location | Marie Byrd Land , Antarctica | |
Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 85 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 138 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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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.
Web links
- Foreman peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Foreman Peak on geographic.org (English)