University Peak (Antarctica)
| University Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The University Peak is a mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Quartermain Mountains it rises 4 km south-southwest of the West Beacon at the head of the University Valley .
The Austrian biologist Heinz Janetschek (1913-1997) and the Italian geologist Fiorenzo Caesare Ugolini (* 1929), who both worked at the McMurdo station from 1961 to 1962 as part of the United States Antarctic Research Program , took the name in January 1962 in front. It is named after its universities, on the one hand the University of Innsbruck and also the Rutgers University .
Web links
- University Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- University Mountain on geographic.org (English)