May Peak
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 Topographic map of the Quartz Hills (bottom left) with May Peak |
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| height | 2200 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartz Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 132 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The May peak is 2,200 m high and pyramidal mountain in West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Quartz Hills, it rises 1.5 km west of Stich Peak on the western flank of the Reedy Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain using its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Robert L. May, a helicopter pilot at McMurdo Station from 1962 to 1964 1963.
Web links
- May peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- May Peak on geographic.org (English)