Williams Peak (Antarctica)
| Williams Peak | ||
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| height | 1400 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Denton Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Williams Peak is about 1,400 meters high and prominent mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises at the junction of the Hobbs , Salmon and Garwood glaciers .
Participants of the 1960 to 1961 campaign as part of the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition named him after James Williams (1908-1976), Vice Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington from 1951 to 1968.
Web links
- Williams Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Williams Peak on geographic.org (English)