Wreath peak

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Wreath peak
height 2680  m
location Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica
Mountains Queen Maud Mountains
Coordinates 86 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  S , 155 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 86 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  S , 155 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  W
Kranz Peak (Antarctica)
Wreath peak
Normal way Alpine tour (glaciated)

The wreath Peak is a 2,680  m high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Queen Maud Mountains it rises 10 km northwest of Mount Przywitowski between the heads of the Holdsworth and Bartlett glaciers .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1967 after Arthur C. Kranz (1923-2004), staff officer for meteorology in the support units of the United States Navy in Antarctica in Operation Deep Freeze of 1966 and 1967.

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