Hanson Peak
| Hanson Peak | ||
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 Topographic map of the Adare Peninsula with Hanson Peak (above) |
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| height | 1255 m | |
| location | Adare Peninsula , Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 170 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Hanson Peak is a 1,255 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the north of the Adare Peninsula, it rises 6 km south of Cape Adare .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain after the Norwegian zoologist and polar explorer Nicolai Hanson (1870-1899), who participated in the Southern Cross Expedition (1898-1900) under the leadership of Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink on October 14, 1899 died of illness and his grave is not far from the mountain described here.
Web links
- Hanson Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hanson Peak on geographic.org (English)