Liebig Peak
Liebig Peak | ||
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height | 2245 m | |
location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
Mountains | Protector Heights | |
Coordinates | 66 ° 46 ′ 10 ″ S , 66 ° 0 ′ 55 ″ W | |
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The Liebig Peak is a 2,245 m high mountain of Protector Heights on the Loubet Coast belonging Pernik Peninsula of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . The mountain is clearly visible from both Darbel Bay and Lallemand Fjord .
Aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–1957) were used to map it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the German chemist Justus von Liebig (1803–1873).
Web links
- Liebig Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Liebig Peak on geographic.org (English)