Olds Peak

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Olds Peak
height 1480  m
location Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 84 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  S , 174 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 84 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  S , 174 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  W
Olds Peak (Antarctica)
Olds Peak

The Olds Peak is a 1,480  m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises 10 km northeast of Mount Kenney in the southern part of the Longhorn Spurs .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Commander Corwin Anson Olds (1925-2018), who was involved in supporting activities of the United States Navy in Operation Deep Freeze in 1964.

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