Schist Peak
| Schist Peak | ||
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| height | 1650 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Saint Johns Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Schist Peak is a 1650 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises up in the Saint Johns Range on the watershed between the Willis Glacier and the Packard Glacier .
Participants in a 1959 to 1960 campaign as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named it after the English name for the mica schist from which the mountain is made.
Web links
- Schist Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Schist Peak on geographic.org (English)