Guarcello Peak

Guarcello Peak
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height	2050  m
location	Ellsworthland , West Antarctica
Mountains	Enterprise Hills , Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains
Coordinates	79 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  S , 83 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 79 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  S , 83 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  W

Map of the region with Guarcello Peak in the middle at the bottom

The Guarcello Peak is a 2,050  m high peaks of the Enterprise Hills in West Antarctica .

It is located in the southwestern part of the Enterprise Hills, at the head of the Horseshoe Valley . About 5.6 kilometers to the north-northwest is Mount Dolence , and in the southeast is Chappell Peak .

The summit was mapped in 1961-66 by the United States Geological Survey using measurements and aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy . Guarcello Peak was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Dominic Guarcello, a meteorologist who worked on the American Antarctic station Little America V in 1958 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Guarcello Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.