Reckling Peak
| Reckling Peak | ||
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| height | 2010 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Recklinghausen peak is 2,010 m high and isolated mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It towers over the central part of a mountain ridge that borders the icefalls at the head of the Mawson Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1964 after Lieutenant Commander Darold Louis Reckling (1923-2004), pilot of the VX-6 squadron in 1961.
Web links
- Reckling Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Reckling Peak on geographic.org (English)