Heinous Peak
| Heinous Peak | ||
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| height | 3300 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Hays Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 154 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| First ascent | November 28, 1987 | |
| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Heinous Peak (English for Abscheuliche Spitze ) is a 3300 m high and striking mountain in the Queen Maud Mountains of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Hays Mountains, it rises 1.5 km north-northeast of Mount Crockett and 10 km southeast of Mount Vaughan .
The first ascent took place on November 28, 1987 by four members of a team from Arizona State University under the direction of geologist Edmund Stump (* 1946), who were active in the area as part of the United States Antarctic Research Program . The mountain owes its name to the fact that the first ascent was a 20-hour undertaking of exhausting ice climbing in very steep terrain.
Web links
- Heinous Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Heinous Peak on geographic.org (English)