Goodwin Peak
| Goodwin Peak | ||
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| height | 2770 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 129 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Goodwin Peak is a 2,770 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains, it rises 5 km northeast of Mount Bolton on the west side of Haworth Mesa .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain using its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Commander Edmund E. Goodwin, public relations officer on the command staff of the support units US Navy in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze in 1965 and 1966.
Web links
- Goodwin Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Goodwin Peak on geographic.org (English)