Heke Peak
| Heke Peak | ||
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| height | 2175 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Heke Peak is a 2,175 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Royal Society Range, it rises from a ridge that forms the south face of the Mitchell Glacier at its head end.
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it in 1993 after Randal Heke (* 1928), foreman of the construction crew who built New Zealand's Scott Base on Ross Island in 1957 .
Web links
- Heke Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Heke Peak on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adam Poulopoulos: Kapiti's Randal Heke proud of Scott Base construction and restoration 60 years on. Report on stuff.co.nz of February 8, 2017 (accessed January 10, 2018).