King Peak (Antarctica)
| King Peak | ||
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| height | 2200 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Thiel Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 21 '0 " S , 88 ° 12' 0" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The King Peak is a 2200 m high and rocky mountain peak in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It towers over the eastern foothills of the Bermel Escarpment about 2.5 km west-northwest of Mount Powell in the eastern section of the Thiel Mountains .
Peter Bermel and Arthur B. Ford , who together led an expedition of the United States Geological Survey from 1960 to 1961 in the Thiel Mountains, named him after Clarence King (1842-1901), first director of the survey from 1879 to 1881.
Web links
- King Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- King Peak on geographic.org (English)