Saddle Peak

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Saddle Peak
height 960  m
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Anare Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 70 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  S , 164 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 70 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  S , 164 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E
Saddle Peak (Antarctica)
Saddle Peak

The Saddle Peak (English for Sattelspitze ) is a 960  m high mountain with double peaks in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Anare Mountains, it rises 5 km northwest of Mount Kostka .

Scientists from a 1962 campaign with the research vessel Thala Dan as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions gave it its descriptive name while exploring this area.

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