West Beacon
| West Beacon | ||
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 West Beacon in the southeast of the map sheet |
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| height | 2345 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
West Beacon (English for western beacon ) is 2345 m high, the striking western summit of Beacon Heights in the Quartermain Mountains of the East Antarctic Victoria Land .
Participants in the British Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) gave it the name Beacon Heights West . This name was changed by participants in a campaign that lasted from 1958 to 1959 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition .
Web links
- West Beacon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- West Beacon on geographic.org (English)