Lynx Peak
| Lynx Peak | ||
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| height | 1063 m | |
| location | Grahamland ( Antarctic Peninsula ) | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 13 '34 " S , 60 ° 50' 51" W | |
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The Lynx peak is a distinctive, 1,063 meters high and three-sided mountain on the Danco Coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises east of Charles Point on the southern flank of the Sikorski Glacier .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2013. It is named after the Westland Lynx helicopter , which was used by HMS Endurance and its successor in airborne operations for the British Antarctic Survey from 1987 to 2008 .
Web links
- Lynx Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)