Rada Peak
Rada Peak | ||
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height | 4001 m | |
location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
Coordinates | 78 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 85 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) |
The Rada Peak is a 4001 m high and rounded mountain peak in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises in the Craddock massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains between the Bugueño Pinnacle and Mount Craddock .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after 2006 after the Chilean mountaineer Camilo Andrés Rada Giacaman, who on the Omega High Antarctic GPS Expedition in 2005 together with his compatriot Manuel Bugueño (* 1978) took GPS measurements on Mount Craddock and here performed summit.
Web links
- Rada peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rada Peak on geographic.org (English)