Glen Peak
| Glen Peak | ||
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| height | 1000 m | |
| location | Liard Island , Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 46 ′ 18 ″ S , 67 ° 21 ′ 3 ″ W | |
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The Glen Peak is a turn 1000 m high mountain on the north end of the Liard Island in the Loubet coast of the West Antarctic Graham Lands belonging Hanusse Bay .
Aerial photographs of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948) and the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–1957) were used to map the mountain. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the British physicist John Wallington Glen (* 1927) from the University of Birmingham , who had dealt with mono- and polycrystalline ice formation.
Web links
- Glen peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Glen Peak on geographic.org (English)