Zavis Peak
| Zavis Peak | ||
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| height | 2197 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ S , 86 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Zavis Peak is a 2,197 m high and pointed mountain in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, it rises at the southern end of the Founders Escarpment .
A team of geologists at the University of Minnesota , who worked in the area between 1963 and 1964, named him after Alfred Zavis (* 1926), topography engineer for the United States Geological Survey and a member of the team.
Web links
- Zavis Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Zavis Peak on geographic.org (English)