Magga Peak
| Magga Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Lazarev Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 157 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Magga Peak is an iron-shaped rock face with a sharp peak at the Oates Coast in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . At the northern end of the Lasarew Mountains , it forms the northernmost of the Burnside Ridges .
The first aerial photographs were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947). A team led by Phillip Law landed there on February 20, 1959 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions with the research ship Magga Dan . The ship gave the formation its name.
Web links
- Magga Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Magga Peak on geographic.org (English)