Pearce Peak
| Pearce Peak | ||
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| height | 1200 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 61 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Pearce Peak is a partially snow-covered and about 1200 m high mountain ridge in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It rises 3 km south of Moyes Peak and 15 miles south-southwest of Falla Bluff and looks like a mountain peak when viewed from the north .
It was discovered in February 1931 by participants in the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . This named him after the Australian politician George Pearce (1870-1952), chairman of the Australian Antarctic Committee in 1929.
Web links
- Pearce Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pearce Peak on geographic.org (English)