Heathcock Peak
| Heathcock Peak | ||
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| height | 2310 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Caloplaca Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ S , 130 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Heathcock Peak is a 2,310 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the eastern part of the Caloplaca Hills it rises above the western edge of the Reedy Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Joe D. Heathcock, a construction worker at Byrd Station in 1962.
Web links
- Heathcock peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Heathcock Peak on geographic.org (English)