The Crest (Antarctica)
The Crest | ||
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height | 125 m | |
location | Graham Land , West Antarctica | |
Coordinates | 63 ° 24 '23 " S , 56 ° 59' 31" W | |
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The Crest (English for The Summit ) is a 125 m high mountain peak at the northeast end of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises from a moraine immediately east of Lake Boeckella and 800 m south of Hut Cove in Hope Bay on the Trinity Peninsula .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it based on surveys carried out in 1945 and 1948. The descriptive name goes back to about 1945.
Web links
- The Crest on Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Crest on geographic.org (English)