Mink Peak
| Mink Peak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 129 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Mink Peak is a prominent mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises two miles north of Cleveland Mesa at the eastern end of the Watson Escarpment .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Harold D. Mink, who installed the winter crews at Byrd Station in the years 1962 and 1966.
Web links
- Mink Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mink Peak on geographic.org (English)