Kutschin Peak
| Kutschin Peak | ||
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| height | 2360 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Kuchin peak is 2,360 m high and prominent mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 10 km south of Mount Kristensen on the western slope of the Nilsen Plateau on the east side of the Amundsen Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1967 after the Russian oceanographer Alexander Kutschin (1888-1913), participant in the South Pole expedition (1910-1912) of the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen .
Web links
- Kuchin peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kutschin Peak on geographic.org (English)