Hendrickson Peak
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 Topographic map of the Quartz Hills (bottom left) with Hendrickson Peak |
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| height | 2000 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartz Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 132 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Hendrickson peak is about 2,000 meters high and rocky mountains in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Quartz Hills, it rises 3 km west of May Peak .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain using its own surveys and aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy between 1960 and 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after George Hendrickson, a glaciologist at Byrd Station from 1962 to 1963 and from 1963 to 1964.
Web links
- Hendrickson peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hendrickson Peak on geographic.org (English)