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 Coordinates: 70 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ E
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.

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