Miranda Peaks
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 28 ′ S , 68 ° 35 ′ W | |
The Miranda Peaks are a mountain range of six up to 500 m high mountains in the east of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . They are distributed along the southern flank of the Uranus Glacier in a north-south orientation.
Aerial photographs by the US polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth from November 23, 1935 were used by the US cartographer WLG Joerg for mapping purposes . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1974 based on the naming of the Uranus glacier after the Uranus moon Miranda .
Web links
- Miranda peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Miranda Peaks on geographic.org (English)