Gordon Peak (Mac Robertson Land)
| Gordon Peak | ||
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| height | 1467 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sørtindane in the Framnes Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 8 '49 " S , 62 ° 24' 50" E | |
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The Gordon Peak is a 1467 m (according to other information 1484 m ) high mountain in the East Antarctic Mac-Robertson-Land . It is the highest peak of the Sørtindane in the Framnes Mountains .
The mountain was used by scientists at Mawson Station in 1965 to build a trigonometric measuring station. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after Fr. John Gordon, who was working as a radio technician on Mawson Station that year .
Web links
- Gordon Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)