Gadsden Peaks
| Gadsden Peaks | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Admiralty Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 38 ′ S , 167 ° 24 ′ E | |
The Gadsden Peaks are a 8 km long and over 2500 m high mountain range in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Lyttelton Range of the Admiralty Mountains they extend 8 km west-southwest of Lange Peak in a northeastern direction.
The United States Geological Survey mapped them using their own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1969 after the radiation researcher Michael Gadsden, who worked between 1965 and 1966 and from 1967 to 1968 the McMurdo station was active.
Web links
- Gadsden peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gadsden Peaks on geographic.org (English)