Hobnail Peak
| Hobnail Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Hobnail Peak is a mountain in the shape of a triangular cliff in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises immediately south of Mount Tricouni on the eastern flank of the Skelton Glacier .
It was mapped and named in 1957 by the New Zealand crew of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958). It is named after its similarity to a so-called hobnail , a form of a shoe nail used in mountain boots .
Web links
- Hobnail peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hobnail Peak on geographic.org (English)