Neill Peak
| Neill Peak | ||
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| height | 460 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 66 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Neill Peak is a 460 m high mountain at the Mawson coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Lands . It rises 5 km southwest of the Scullin monolith .
Participants of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered him on February 13, 1931. Mawson named him after his friend Eric Vansittart Ernest Neill (1878-1955), who helped raise funds for the research trip.
Web links
- Neill Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Neill Peak on geographic.org (English)