Wilkinson Peaks
| Wilkinson Peaks | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Napier Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 37 ′ S , 54 ° 15 ′ E | |
The Wilkinson Peaks are a group of mountain peaks in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . They rise 8 km southeast of Mount Griffiths in the Napier Mountains .
Norwegian cartographers, who named them Langnabbane (Norwegian for Long Summit ), mapped them using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . A sled team visited them in 1961 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named them after Brian Geoffrey Wilkinson, assistant diesel engine mechanic at Mawson Station in 1961.
Web links
- Wilkinson peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wilkinson Peaks on geographic.org (English)