Pardoe Peak
| Mount Menzies | ||
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| height | 2010 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ S , 61 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Pardoe Peak is a 2,010 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the Prince Charles Mountains, it rises 5.5 km southwest of the summit of Mount Menzies .
Aerial photographs and surveys by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1957 to 1961 were used to map it. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after Russel Pardoe (1932-2011), a medic on Mawson Ward in 1961.
Web links
- Pardoe peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pardoe Peak on geographic.org (English)