Purgatory Peak
| Purgatory Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Saint Johns Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Purgatory Peak ( English for purgatory mountain ) is a mountain in East Antarctica Victoria Land . It rises 3 km southwest of Pond Peak in the Saint Johns Range .
The New Zealand Northern Group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) named it after the weather and terrain conditions they encountered while exploring the mountain.
Web links
- Purgatory peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Purgatory Peak on geographic.org (English)