Wignall Peak
| Wignall Peak | ||
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| height | 1302 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Porthos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 66 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Wignall Peak is a 1,302 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the eastern Porthos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains, it rises immediately west of Mount McCarthy .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1956 and 1965 were used for mapping purposes. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after R. Michael Wignall, a weather observer at Davis Station in 1964.
Web links
- Wignall Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wignall Peak on geographic.org (English)