Olsen Peak (East Antarctica)
| Olsen Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Darwin Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 155 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Olsen Peak is a mountain from a relief with height differences of up to 200 m in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Darwin Mountains it rises between the Mason Nunatak and the Score Ridge in the Meteorite Hills .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2001 after Edward Olsen of the Field Museum of Natural History , who was involved in the search for meteorites in the Allan Hills as part of the United States Antarctic Program between 1976 and 1977 .
Web links
- Olsen peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Olsen Peak on geographic.org (English)