Rhodes Peak
| Rhodes Peak | ||
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| height | 780 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Holland Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Rhodes Peak is a 780 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . On the Shackleton coast , it forms the seaward end of the Holland Range on the north side of the confluence of the Hoffman Glacier with the Lennox King Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Lieutenant Commander AG Rhodes of the Royal New Zealand Navy , captain of the research vessel HMNZS Pukaki between New Zealand and McMurdo Sound in 1964 and 1965.
Web links
- Rhodes Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rhodes Peak on geographic.org (English)