Webster Peaks (Mac Robertson Land)
| Webster Peaks | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Porthos Range , Prince Charles Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 28 ′ S , 65 ° 25 ′ E | |
The Webster Peaks are a group of five mountain peaks in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . They tower 5 km southeast of Mount Kirkby in the Porthos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains .
They were mapped using aerial photographs taken by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1965. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named them after Gilbert Keith Webster, ionospheric physicist at Mawson Station that same year.
Web links
- Webster peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Webster Peaks on geographic.org (English)