Joyce Peak
| Joyce Peak | ||
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| height | 1400 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ S , 168 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Joyce Peak is a more than 1400 m high mountain peaks in the north-central part of the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises to the west of the main summit of Giggenbach Ridge and 8.5 km south-southeast of Wyandot Point .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2000 after Karen Joyce from Antarctic Support Associates , who was involved in ten missions at McMurdo Station from 1990 and was responsible for the computers in the Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center .
Web links
- Joyce Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Joyce Peak on geographic.org (English)