Gless Peak
Gless Peak | ||
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height | 2630 m | |
location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 72 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Gless Peak is a 2,630 m high mountain of Victory Mountains in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 3 km west-southwest of Cirque Peak in the Millen Range .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of geodetic surveys and using aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1960 and 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1969 after the American biologist Elmer Elden Gless (1928–2009), who on the Hallett station during the seasons 1965/1966, 1966/1967 and 1967/1968.
Web links
- Gless peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gless Peak on geographic.org (English)