Webb Peak (Viktorialand)
| Webb Peak | ||
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| height | 1750 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Webb Peak is a 1,750 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range of the Transantarctic Mountains, it rises between the Matterhorn and Lacroix glaciers .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named him in 1998 after the New Zealander Eric Norman Webb (1889-1984), geomagnetist of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson .
Web links
- Webb Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Webb Peak on geographic.org (English)