Robinson Peak (Antarctica)

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Robinson Peak
height 2040  m
location Ellsworthland , West Antarctica
Mountains Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains
Coordinates 79 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  S , 83 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 79 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  S , 83 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  W
Robinson Peak (Antarctica) (Antarctica)
Robinson Peak (Antarctica)

Robinson Peak is a 2040  m high mountain in the Ellsworth Mountains of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Heritage Range, it rises 11 km south of Mount Virginia on the eastern flank of the Rennell Glacier .

The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1961 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Willard E. Robinson, who worked as a construction mechanic on the US Byrd Station was active.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Robinson Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.