Grizzly Peak (Antarctica)
| Grizzly Peak | ||
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| height | 2200 m | |
| location | Marie-Byrd-Land , West Antarctica (politically: Ross Dependency ) | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 151 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Grizzly Peak is a 2200 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . In the Gothic Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises on the southwest flank of Mount Zanuck .
It was discovered by the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd while flying to the South Pole in November 1929 as part of his first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930). During the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd, the geological team around Quin Blackburn (1900-1981) visited him in December 1934. The granite rock of the mountain is fissured and characterized by numerous pinnacles, which is what the Pels do of a grizzly bear and led to its naming.
Web links
- Grizzly Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Grizzly Peak on geographic.org (English)