Nebraska Peaks
| Nebraska Peaks | ||
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| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 4 ′ S , 159 ° 30 ′ E | |
The Nebraska Peaks are a group of scattered mountain peaks and nunatakkers in the Australian Antarctic Territory . In the eastern part of the Britannia Range of the Transantarctic Mountains these lie east of the Gaussiran and Merrick glaciers .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2000 after the University of Nebraska-Lincoln , location of the management of the Ross Ice Shelf Project in the United States Antarctic Research Program from 1972 to 1977.
Web links
- Nebraska Peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nebraska Peaks on geographic.org (English)