Wong Peak
| Wong Peak | ||
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| height | 1600 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 15 '0 " S , 166 ° 50' 0" E | |
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The Wong peak is about 1,600 meters high mountain peaks in the northwest of the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises 2.6 km northeast of the summit of Mount Bird .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it in 2000 after the New Zealand diplomat Frank Wong (1950–1992), who led the New Zealand initiative from 1989 to 1991 to establish a comprehensive and internationally legally binding regulation for the protection of the environment in Antarctica .
Web links
- Wong peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wong Peak on geographic.org (English)