Tower Peak (Antarctica)
| Tower Peak | ||
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| height | 855 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 21 '46 " S , 59 ° 7' 10" W | |
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The Tower Peak (English for spire ) is a 855 m ( 830 m according to the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee ) high mountain on the Nordenskjöld coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises from an ice field 8 km northwest of Longing Gap, visible from afar .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out measurements and descriptive naming in 1945.
Web links
- Tower Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tower Peak on geographic.org (English)