Peters Peak
| Peters Peak | ||
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| height | 2220 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Holyoake Range , Churchill Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Peters Peak is a 2,220 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises about 6.5 km north of Melrose Peak in the central part of the Holyoake Range in the Churchill Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using tellurometer measurements and using United States Navy aerial photographs from 1960 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Merrill J. Peters, field research assistant for the United States Antarctic Research Program between 1962 and 1962 1963.
Web links
- Peters Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Peters Peak on geographic.org (English)