Stanwix Peak
Stanwix Peak | ||
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Topographic map of the northern part of the Bowers Mountains (left half of the picture) with Stanwix Peak |
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height | 2242 m | |
location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 70 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Stanwix peak is 2,242 m high and prominent mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Bowers Mountains it towers over the southern flank of the head end of the Astapenko Glacier .
The mountain served as a benchmark for survey work carried out in 1962 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . Participants on this research trip named him after their helicopter pilot John Stanwix.
Web links
- Stanwix Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stanwix Peak on geographic.org (English)