Tennant Peak

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Tennant Peak
Topographic map (1: 250,000) of the Edward VII Peninsula with Tennant Peak (bottom left)

Topographic map (1: 250,000) of the Edward VII Peninsula with Tennant Peak (bottom left)

height 419  m
location Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains Rockefeller Mountains
Coordinates 78 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  S , 155 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 78 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  S , 155 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  W
Tennant Peak (Antarctica)
Tennant Peak

The Tennant Peak is a 419  m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . On the Edward VII Peninsula, it rises 1.5 km south of Gould Peak in the southern group of the Rockefeller Mountains .

It was discovered on January 27, 1929 during an overflight on the first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . He named him after George W. Tennant (1882–1953), the cook on this research trip.

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