Wise Peak
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 Topographic map of the Warren Range (center) with Wise Peak |
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| height | 1580 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Warren Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 158 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Wise Peak is a 1,580 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It looms over the southern end of the Warren Range .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1965 after the New Zealand entomologist Keith A. J. Wise, who worked at McMurdo Station in five Antarctic summer campaigns between 1960 and 1965 .
Web links
- Wise peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wise Peak on geographic.org (English)