Steel Peak
| Steel Peak | ||
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| height | 2500 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Welch Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 54 '3 " S , 63 ° 23' 59" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Steel peak is about 2,500 meters high mountain in Palmer land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 2.5 km north of Mount Nordhill in the east ridge of the Welch Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1976 after Henry E. Steel of the United States Coast Guard , captain of USCGC Edisto during Operation Deep Freeze in 1969 and 1970 and squadron commander , which operated in 1969 in the waters around the Antarctic Peninsula.
Web links
- Steel peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Steel Peak on geographic.org (English)