Womochel peaks
| Womochel peaks | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Outback Nunatakker in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 40 ′ S , 161 ° 4 ′ E | |
The Womochel Peaks are low rocky peaks in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . They are 3 km south of Mount Weihaupt in the group of the Outback Nunatakker .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them using the United States Navy's own surveys and aerial photographs from 1959 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1970 after Daniel R. Womochel, a biologist at McMurdo Station between 1967 and 1968.
Web links
- Womochel Peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Womochel Peaks on geographic.org (English)