Operose Peak
| Operose Peak | ||
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| height | 2130 m | |
| location | Australian Antarctic Territory | |
| Mountains | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 156 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The operose Peak ( English for laborious summit is) a 2130 m high mountain in the Australian Antarctic Territory . In the Britannia Range, it rises southwest of Derrick Peak . The lower slope portions of the mountain consisting of sandstone the Beacon supergroup , the summit rock contains powerful sills from Dolerit .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named the mountain in 1997. The naming is intended to reflect the effort put into the climb by the steepness of its slopes.
Web links
- Operose Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Operose Peak on geographic.org (English)