New Year Peak
| New Year Peak | ||
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| height | 2600 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Millen Range in the Victory Mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The New Year Peak (English for New Year peak ) is approximately 2600 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Millen Range it is the dominant elevation on the northwest side of the Toboggan Gap .
Its name was given at the suggestion of the New Zealand geologist Bradley Field, whose team from the New Zealand Geological Survey had camped here at the turn of the year 1981/82.
Web links
- New Year peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- New Year Peak on geographic.org (English)