Rivas Peaks
| Rivas Peaks | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Neptune Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 35 ′ S , 54 ° 21 ′ W | |
The Rivas Peaks are a series of rocky mountain peaks in Queen Elizabeth Land, West Antarctica . In the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains they rise in a westerly direction over a length of 3 km in the southern part of the Torbert Escarpment .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them on the basis of their own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1968 after Merced G. Rivas (* 1925), radio operator at Ellsworth Station in Antarctic winter 1958.
Web links
- Rivas peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rivas Peaks on geographic.org (English)