Greenshields Peak
| Greenshields Peak | ||
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| height | 760 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 40 ′ 30 ″ S , 64 ° 22 ′ 1 ″ W | |
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The Greenshields Peak is a 760 m high mountain at the Graham Coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 1.5 km west of the Magnier Peaks between Leroux Bay and Bigo Bay .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it using aerial photographs from Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1959 after James Newbigging Hutton Greenshields (* 1923), pilot in the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1955-1956).
Web links
- Greenshields Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Greenshields Peak on geographic.org (English)