Petersen Peak
| Petersen Peak | ||
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| height | 1215 m | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 25 ′ 41 ″ S , 27 ° 57 ′ 37 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Petersen peak is 1,215 m high and rocky mountain in the East Antarctic Coats Land . In the north-central part of the Shackleton Range, it rises 10 km southwest of the Morris Hills .
Participants of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) under the direction of the British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs mapped and named him in 1957. Hans Christian Petersen, captain of the research vessel Magga Dan , which took part in the expedition to Filchner-Ronne between 1956 and 1957 - had transported ice shelves .
Web links
- Petersen Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Petersen Peak on geographic.org (English)