Mistake Peak
| Mistake Peak | ||
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| height | 2600 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Willett Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| First ascent | 1957 | |
Mistake Peak (from English mistake , mistake, oversight, mistake ' ) is a 2600 m high and snow-capped mountain peak in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises about 3 miles west-southwest of Shapeless Mountain at the southern end of the Willett Range .
The New Zealand Northern Group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) named it so in 1957 because they climbed the mountain in the mistaken belief that it was Shapeless Mountain.
Web links
- Mistake Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mistake Peak on geographic.org (English)