O'Shea Peak
| O'Shea Peak | ||
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| height | 1223 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Porthos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ S , 66 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The O'Shea Peak is a 1,223 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the Porthos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains, it rises immediately south of Mount McCarthy .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1956 and 1960 were used for mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after John H. O'Shea, a radio operator on Wilkes Station in 1962 and 1964 and on Macquarie Island in 1966.
Web links
- O'Shea Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- O'Shea Peak on geographic.org (English)