Knuckey Peaks
| Knuckey Peaks | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Ashford | |
| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 54 ′ S , 53 ° 32 ′ E | |
The Knuckey Peaks are a group of isolated mountain peaks in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . They rise from the Antarctic Ice Sheet about 50 km southeast of the McLeod Nunatakker and 25 km west of the Doggers Nunatakker .
A dog sled team with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions discovered and mapped them in December 1958. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after the Australian geodesist Graham Alexander Knuckey (1934-1969), a member of this team, who was also at Mawson Station in 1958 was active.
Web links
- Knuckey Peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Knuckey Peaks on geographic.org (English)