Kristin Peak
| Kristin Peak | ||
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| height | 1300 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Giggenbach Ridge | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ S , 168 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Kristin Peak is a 1,300 m high mountain peaks on the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises 7 km south of Cape Tennyson at the northern end of Giggenbach Ridge .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2000 after Kristin Larson, who worked for the United States Antarctic Program from 1988 , spent two Antarctic winters at McMurdo Station , and in 1988 and 1992 as well as between 1992 and 1995 overseeing various Held research laboratories in Antarctica .
Web links
- Kristin Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kristin Peak on geographic.org (English)