Mount Alpheratz
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| height | 1300 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Pegasus Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 58 '53 " S , 66 ° 58' 26" W | |
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Mount Alpheratz is a 1300 m high mountain in the west of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises about 16 km east-northeast of Gurney Point in the southeastern ridge of the Pegasus Mountains .
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey conducted surveys between 1970 and 1972. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1976 after the star Alpheratz in Pegasus Square .
Web links
- Mount Alpheratz in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Alpheratz on geographic.org (English)