Scanniello Peak
| Scanniello Peak | ||
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| height | 2200 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Kyle Hills | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 168 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Scanniello Peak is a 2,200 m high mountain in the east of the Antarctic Ross Island . In the Kyle Hills it rises at the southwest end of the Tekapo Ridge as its highest point.
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2000 after Jeffrey Scanniello, engineer at the US service company Antarctic Support Associates , who was involved in surveying work at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 1990 and was part of the winter team at the McMurdo Station in 1994.
Web links
- Scanniello Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Scanniello Peak on geographic.org (English)