Seay Peak

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Seay Peak
height 1805  m
location Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains Cook Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 79 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  S , 157 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 79 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  S , 157 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E
Seay Peak (Antarctica)
Seay Peak

The Seay Peak is a striking and 1805  m high mountain peak in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Finger Ridges of the Cook Mountains it is the northeasternmost elevation.

The United States Geological Survey map him using tellurometer measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1965 after Benny F. Seay (1927-2009), who was a member of the support units United States Army for air support of the Survey was involved in the surveys carried out between 1961 and 1962.

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