Pivot Peak

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Pivot Peak
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height 2470  m
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 78 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  S , 161 ° 1 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 78 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  S , 161 ° 1 ′ 0 ″  E
Pivot Peak (Antarctica)
Pivot Peak
Map sheet Mount Harmsworth, Pivot Peak in the eastern sixth of the northern edge of the map; the Wilkniss Mountains are still unnamed in the 1988 edition of the 1963 map

Map sheet Mount Harmsworth , Pivot Peak in the eastern sixth of the northern edge of the map; the Wilkniss Mountains are still unnamed in the 1988 edition of the 1963 map

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The Pivot Peak (English for pivot point ) is a prominent and conical mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . With 2,470  meters it is the highest mountain of the Quartermain Mountains belonging Wilkniss Mountains . It rises southwest of a mountain basin .

The New Zealand team in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) to survey the northern areas set up a surveying station on January 21, 1958 at its summit. It owes its name to its appearance, which makes it an eye-catcher in the topography of its surroundings.

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