Heintz Peak
| Heintz Peak | ||
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| height | 2200 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Welch Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 56 ′ 6 ″ S , 63 ° 41 ′ 14 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Heintz Peak is a 2200 m high mountain in Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 3 km north of Mount Acton at the northern end of the western ridge of the Welch Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1976 by Lieutenant Commander Harvey Louis Heintz (1936-2016) of the United States Navy , commander of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules during Operation Deep Freeze of Years 1969 and 1970.
Web links
- Heintz Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Heintz Peak on geographic.org (English)