Pulfrich Peak
| Pulfrich Peak | ||
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| height | 1250 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 41 ′ 50 ″ S , 62 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The pulfrich Peak is a 1,250 m high mountain on the Danco Coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . On the Arctowski Peninsula , it looms near the eastern part of the Wild Spur .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it using aerial photographs from Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the German physicist and optician Carl Pulfrich (1858-1927), one of the founders of stereophotogrammetry .
Web links
- Pulfrich Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pulfrich Peak on geographic.org (English)