Skinner Peak
| Skinner Peak | ||
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| height | 2600 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ohio Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 112 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Skinner Peak is a 2600 m high and mostly snow-covered mountain in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . In the Horlick Mountains, it rises from a ridge that extends northeast from Mount Schopf in the Ohio Range .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1962 after Courtney J. Skinner, assistant geologist and field camp manager for the Ohio State University team who worked in the Horlick Mountains from 1961 to 1962.
Web links
- Skinner peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skinner Peak on geographic.org (English)