Woolam Peak
| Woolam Peak | ||
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 Topographic map of Mount Cumming (below) with Woolam Peak |
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| height | 2610 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Executive Committee Range | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 125 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Woolam Peak is a small peak in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises on the southern crater rim of the extinct volcano Mount Cumming in the Executive Committee Range .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain on the basis of its own measurements and with the help of Trimetrogon aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1958 and 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1962 after the US ionospheric physicist Alvis Edward Woolam Sr. (1933–2008 ), who worked at Byrd Station in 1959 .
Web links
- Woolam Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Woolam Peak on geographic.org (English)