O'Donnell Peak
| O'Donnell Peak | ||
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| height | 2850 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The O'Donnell Peak is a 2,850 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . Its summit rises 8 km west of the Joice Icefall from the northern polar plateau on the western edge of the Millen Range in the Victory Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1969 after Frank B. O'Donnell, a meteorologist at Hallett Station in 1962 .
Web links
- O'Donnell peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- O'Donnell Peak on geographic.org (English)