Pipe Peak
| Pipe Peak | ||
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| height | 1720 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 86 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Pipe Peak (English for Pfeifenspitze ) is a 1720 m high and ridge-like mountain in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Founders Peaks of the Heritage Range in the Ellsworth Mountains, it rises 2.5 km north of Matney Peak .
A team of geologists from the University of Minnesota who worked in the area between 1963 and 1964 named him because they left a tobacco pipe here in memory of their visit .
Web links
- Pipe Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pipe Peak on geographic.org (English)