Galatos Peak
| Galatos Peak | ||
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| height | 2045 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Freyberg Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Galatos Peak is a 2,045 m high mountain in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Freyberg Mountains it marks the northwestern end of the Salamander Range .
The naming was made by the northern group of a 1963 to 1964 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition . It is named after the Cretan village Galatos (actually Galatas southwest of Chania ), the scene of heavy fighting between German parachute and mountain fighters and the New Zealand Expeditionary Force under General Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg , in the airborne battle for Crete in 1941 .
Web links
- Galatos Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Galatos Peak on geographic.org (English)