Wreath peak
| Wreath peak | ||
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| height | 2680 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 155 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| 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.
Web links
- Kranz peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kranz Peak on geographic.org (English)