Hare Peak
| Hare Peak | ||
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| height | 2970 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 174 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Hare Peak is a 2,970 m high mountain with ice-free peak in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises at the northern end of a ridge that flanks the east side of the Leigh Hunt Glacier .
Participants in a research campaign lasting from 1961 to 1962 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named him after Clarence Hare (1880-1967), a participant in the British Discovery Expedition (1901-1904).
Web links
- Hare peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hare Peak on geographic.org (English)