Honnywill Peak
| Honnywill Peak | ||
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| height | 1220 m | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Herbert Mountains , Shackleton Range | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 31 ′ 17 ″ S , 29 ° 9 ′ 41 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Honnywill peak is 1,220 m high and rocky mountain in the East Antarctic Coats Land . In the Shackleton Range, it rises immediately southeast of Williams Ridge on the western flank of the Stratton Glacier .
Participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955–1958) mapped and named it in 1957. It is named after Eleanor Seymour Honnywill (1916–2003), secretary of the research trip and from 1991 wife of the expedition leader Vivian Fuchs .
Web links
- Honnywill Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Honnywill Peak on geographic.org (English)