Mercik Peak
| Mercik Peak | ||
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| height | 1425 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Olav Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Mercik Peak is a distinctive and 1425 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 11 km northeast of Mount Wells in the Prince Olav Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after James E. Mercik, aurora scientist for the United States Antarctic Research Program at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in the winter of 1965.
Web links
- Mercik peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mercik Peak on geographic.org (English)