Mirnyy Peak
| Mirnyy Peak | ||
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| height | 750 m | |
| location | Rothschild Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 30 '37 " S , 72 ° 30' 48" W | |
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The Mirnyy peak is 750 m high and prominent mountain on the West Antarctic Rothschild Island . It rises 6 km northeast of Enigma Peak in the northern part of the island.
The German-Baltic seafarer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen sighted the mountain possibly in 1821 during the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819-1821). Aerial photographs and a rough map were made during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). Aerial photographs of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) were used by the British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960 for a more detailed mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1961 after the Sloop Mirny [sic!], One of the ships of the first Russian Antarctic expedition.
Web links
- Mirnyy peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mirnyy Peak on geographic.org (English)