Mayeda Peak
| Mayeda Peak | ||
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| height | 2890 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Mayeda Peak is a 2,890 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Marshall Mountains of the Queen Alexandra chain in the Transantarctic Mountains, it rises 7 km north of Mount Marshall .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Fred H. Mayeda (1919-1964), a meteorologist in the United States Antarctic Research Program at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 1959.
Web links
- Mayeda peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mayeda Peak on geographic.org (English)