Seelig Peak
| Seelig Peak | ||
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| height | 1346 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Campbell Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Seelig peak is 1,346 m high and unvereister mountain near the Shackleton Coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It is the highest point of the Campbell Hills on the southern flank of the Nimrod Glacier . It rises 4 km northwest of Mount Christchurch .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named him in 2005 after Walter R. Seelig (1919-2005), representative of the National Science Foundation in Christchurch during eleven campaigns of the United States Antarctic Research Program from 1971 to 1986.
Web links
- Seelig Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Seelig Peak on geographic.org (English)