Tent Peak
| Tent Peak | ||
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| height | 1570 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 168 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Tent Peak is a 1570 m high and tent-shaped mountain peak on the Antarctic Ross Island . It is halfway between Mount Terror and Cape Crozier in the east of the island.
Participants of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1958-1959), who used it on 5 January 1959 as astronomical observation station plus (below the summit a tent English tent erected), bestowed on him the descriptive name.
Web links
- Tent Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tent Peak on geographic.org (English)