Paton Peak
| Paton Peak | ||
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 Beaufort Island with Paton Peak (2014) |
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| height | 740 m | |
| location | Beaufort Island , Ross Archipelago | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Paton Peak is at 740 m (according to New Zealand information 771 m ) the highest mountain on the Beaufort Island in the Antarctic Ross Archipelago off the Scott coast of Victoria Land . It rises 2.7 km northeast of Mount Aurora .
Participants in a 1958 to 1959 carried out the campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition it was named after the British sailor James Paton (1869-1918), member of the crew of the rescue ship Morning at the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904), the over sea ice away the first landing on Beaufort Island was successful.
Web links
- Paton Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Paton Peak on geographic.org (English)