Helmet peak
| Helmet peak | ||
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| height | 930 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Relay Hills | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 29 '34 " S , 67 ° 50' 48" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The helmet peak is a 930 m high mountain in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises as the highest point of the Relay Hills at the southern end of the Fallières coast .
The United States Navy took aerial photographs of this area in 1966 . The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1970 and 1973. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 after the helmet wind in the Pennines in Northern England .
Web links
- Helmet Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Helm Peak on geographic.org (English)