Lyttelton Peak
| Lyttelton Peak | ||
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| height | 2335 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Churchill Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ S , 158 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Lyttelton Peak is a 2,335 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Churchill Mountains it is the highest point in the Cobham Range .
Participants in a campaign carried out from 1961 to 1962 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named him after the surname of Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham (1909-1977), Governor General of New Zealand from 1957 to 1962.
Web links
- Lyttelton Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lyttelton Peak on geographic.org (English)