Svaton Peaks
| Svaton Peaks | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Elizabeth Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 82 ° 35 ′ S , 161 ° 0 ′ E | |
The Savton Peaks are a group of rugged mountain peaks in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . They rise up at the northern end of the Queen Elizabeth Range in the Transantarctic Mountains between the mouths of the Heilman and Otago glaciers in the Nimrod glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own tellurometer measurements and with the help of aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy between 1960 and 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Ernest M. Svaton (* 1930), ionospheric physicist on the McMurdo - Station in the Antarctic winters of 1963 and 1964.
Web links
- Savton peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Savton Peaks on geographic.org (English)