Giannini Peak
| Giannini Peak | ||
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| height | 1900 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 0 ′ 21 ″ S , 62 ° 46 ′ 9 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Giannini peak is around 1900 m high mountain in the eastern Palmer land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 22 km east-southeast of Mount Nordhill on the north flank of the Dana Glacier , where it turns in a north-easterly direction to Lehrke Inlet on the Black Coast .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1976 after Albert P. Giannini, who worked as a biologist at the Palmer Station in 1973 .
Web links
- Giannini Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Giannini Peak on geographic.org (English)