Smellie Peak
| Smellie Peak | ||
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| height | 695 m | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 55 '55 " S , 57 ° 55' 12" W | |
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The Smellie Peak is an isolated, three-sided and about 695 m high mountain on the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It rises 2 km northeast of Stickle Ridge and 2.8 km south of the San José Pass . Its northern flank contains a distinctive deep red pyroclastic rock unit.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2006 after John Laidlaw Smellie (* 1953), longtime geologist of the British Antarctic Survey .
Web links
- Smellie Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)