What a peak
| What a peak | ||
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| height | 1010 m | |
| location | Marie-Byrd-Land , West Antarctica (politically: Ross Dependency ) | |
| Mountains | Tapley Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 149 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Welch Peak is a 1,010 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . On the north side of the Tapley Mountains it rises 15 km northwest of Mount Gould .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Walton Denny Welch, electrical engineer at Byrd Station in 1957.
Web links
- Welch Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Welch Peak on geographic.org (English)