Oamaru Peak
| Oamaru Peak | ||
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| height | 1000 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Oamaru Peak is a 1000 m high mountain peak on the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises 3 km north of Mount Terra Nova and 1.5 km north of Caldwell Peak .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it in 2000 after the New Zealand city of Oamaru , which from the ship Terra Nova on February 10, 1913 as the first port after the end of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) with the news of the death of the expedition leader Robert Falcon Scott and four other men had been run over.
Web links
- Oamaru Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Oamaru Peak on geographic.org (English)