MacPherson Peak
MacPherson Peak | ||
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height | 2290 m | |
location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Pomerantz Tafelland , Usarp Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 70 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) |
The MacPherson Peak is a distinctive, rocky and 2290 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Usarp Mountains it rises at the northwest end of the Pomerantz Tableland .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and using aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1964 after Frank L. MacPherson of the United States Army , helicopter mechanic of the United States Geological Survey from 1961 to 1963 and involved in surveying this mountain.
Web links
- MacPherson peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- MacPherson Peak on geographic.org (English)