Tempest Peak
| Tempest Peak | ||
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| height | 3410 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Tempest Peak (English for storm peak ) is a pointed and 3410 m high mountain with a 3345 m high southern sub-peak in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain of the Transantarctic Mountains, it rises 5 km north-northeast of Storm Peak in the Marshall Mountains .
The crew of a 1961-1962 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named him after the weather conditions they encountered in the area of this mountain.
Web links
- Tempest peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tempest Peak on geographic.org (English)