Roberts Pike
| Roberts Pike | ||
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| height | 1630 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Churchill Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 158 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Roberts Pike is a 1630 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 8 km southeast of Mount Tuatara in the Churchill Mountains . From the summit, from which there are several mountain ridges, there is a view of the areas where the Judith and Entrikin glaciers were formed, as well as Couzens Bay on the Shackleton coast .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2003 after the New Zealand mountaineer John Roberts, who was involved in 12 field research campaigns as part of the United States Antarctic Program from 1987 to 2001 .
Web links
- Roberts Pike in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Roberts Pike on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Roberts , photo on the homepage of Antarctica New Zealand's Digital Asset Management system. Retrieved March 17, 2017.