Matikonis Peak
| Matikonis Peak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Coulter Heights | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 138 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Matikonis Peak is a small, isolated and rocky mountain peaks in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises from the blanket of snow in the center of Coulter Heights .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1959 and 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after William P. Matikonis (1939-1998), officer of the ship safety on the icebreaker USS Glacier from 1961 to 1962.
Web links
- Matikonis Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Matikonis Peak on geographic.org (English)