Warren Peak
| Warren Peak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Allan Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Warren Peak is a high and rocky mountain peaks in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Allan Hills, it rises southeast of the Halle Flat plain .
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 New Zealand geologist Guyon Warren (1933-2003), who played a decisive role in the creation and planning of the research trip, but suffered a severe leg fracture on the first day of the expedition and had to return home.
Web links
- Warren Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Warren Peak on geographic.org (English)