Section Peak
| Section Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Lichen Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 14 '0 " S , 161 ° 55' 0" E | |
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The Section peak is a small yet distinctive hill from sandstone in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It towers at the north end of the Lichen Hills .
Scientists from a 1962-1963 New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition campaign mapped and named him. It is named after the fact that the hill has one of the few visible banks ( English stratigraphic section ) of sedimentary rock in this area.
Web links
- Section Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Section Peak on geographic.org (English)