Pegasus Mountains
| Pegasus Mountains | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Markab ( 1350 m ) | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 0 ′ S , 67 ° 12 ′ W | |
The Pegasus Mountains are a 26 km long mountain range of ridges and peaks on the Rymill coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula , which is broken through by two mountain passes. They rise up between the Bertram and Ryder glaciers immediately east of Gurney Point on the banks of George VI Sound . From north to south they include Mount Markab ( 1350 m ), Mount Alpheratz ( 1300 m ) and Mount Crooker ( 570 m ).
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1976 after the constellation Pegasus .
Web links
- Pegasus Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pegasus Mountains on geographic.org (English)