Morris Peak
| Morris Peak | ||
|---|---|---|
 Morris Pk at the bottom right of the card sheet |
||
| height | 910 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Duncan Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ W | |
|
||
| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Morris Peak is a distinctive mountain with a height of 910 m at the Amundsen-coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It marks the northwestern end of the Duncan Mountains on the east side of the mouth of the Liv Glacier in the Ross Ice Shelf .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Lieutenant Commander Henry C. Morris of the United States Navy , commander of the icebreaker USS Mills in Operation Deep Freeze in 1963.
Web links
- Morris peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Morris Peak on geographic.org (English)