Townrow Peak
| Townrow Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Allan Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Townrow Peak is a mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Allan Hills it rises as a striking elevation of the Tilman Ridge .
It was explored in 1964 by a team working in the Allan Hills as part of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program . This named him after the paleobotanist John A. Townrow of the University of Tasmania , who belonged to this team.
Web links
- Townrow peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Townrow Peak on geographic.org (English)