Gibraltar Peak
| Gibraltar Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Concord Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 5 '0 " S , 164 ° 59' 0" E | |
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The Gibraltar Peak is a mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the West Quartzite Range of the Concord Mountains, it rises 1.5 km southeast of Lavallee Peak .
Participants in a 1967 to 1968 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after its resemblance to the Rock of Gibraltar .
Web links
- Gibraltar Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gibraltar Peak on geographic.org (English)