Hoehn Peak
| Hoehn Peak | ||
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| height | 2000 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Hoehn Peak is a 2000 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises at the head end of the Matterhorn Glacier and marks the southern end of the Morelli Ridge in the Asgard Range of the Transantarctic Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1997 after Robert C. Hoehn, a civil engineer at Virginia Tech , who studied the Bonney Sea ecosystem from 1974 to 1975.
Web links
- Hoehn peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hoehn Peak on geographic.org (English)