Pilon Peak
| Pilon Peak | ||
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| height | 1880 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Concord Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Pilon Peak is a striking, 1,880 m high mountain in the Concord Mountains of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises about 3 km northeast of Mount Works on the western flank of the Horne Glacier in the Everett Range .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1970 after Commander Jerome R. Pilon of the US Navy , an officer in various functions in the VXE-6 squadron between 1967 and 1970, who was also a member of the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names from 1976 to 1978.
Web links
- Pilon peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pilon Peak on geographic.org (English)