Penhale Peak
| Penhale Peak | ||
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| height | 1600 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Penhale peak is around 1600 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . On the north side of the Taylor Valley it rises 1.3 km east of Mount Torii and immediately north of the western end of the Hoare Lake .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1997 after the biologist Polly A. Penhale of the National Science Foundation , who was there from 1986 in the office for polar programs .
Web links
- Penhale peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Penhale Peak on geographic.org (English)