Sutley Peak
| Sutley Peak | ||
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| height | 1400 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Jones Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 94 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Sutley Peak is a rocky and 1400 m high mountain in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Jones Mountains it rises immediately north of Wright Peak and 5 km east-northeast of Miller Crag .
It was mapped during an expedition to the Jones Mountains undertaken by the University of Minnesota from 1960 to 1961. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1963 after Lieutenant Commander Robert M. Sutley of the United States Navy , commanding officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One in Operation Deep Freeze in 1962.
Web links
- Sutlej peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sutley Peak on geographic.org (English)