Sumrall Peak
Sumrall Peak | ||
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height | 1130 m | |
location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
Mountains | Cordiner Peaks , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 82 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 53 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) |
The Sumrall Peak is a 1,130 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Queen Elizabeth Land . In the Cordiner Peaks of the Pensacola Mountains, it rises 1.5 km south of the Rosser Ridge .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Ensign William H. Sumrall of the US Navy Reserve Forces, aircraft pilot on the Ellsworth Station in the Antarctic winter of 1957.
Web links
- Sumrall Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sumrall Peak on geographic.org (English)