Annexstad Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,610 m (8,560 ft) |
Parent peak | Mount Cumming |
Coordinates | 76°41′S 125°52′W / 76.683°S 125.867°W |
Geography | |
Annexstad Peak Position in Antarctica | |
Location | Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica |
Parent range | Executive Committee Range |
Annexstad Peak is a partially ice-free peak, 2,610 metres (8,560 ft) high, on the west side of the crater rim of Mount Cumming, in the Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land.
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958–60, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for John O. Annexstad, geomagnetician and station seismologist at Byrd Station, 1958, and later with the Meteorite Working Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.
References
- This article incorporates public domain material from "Annexstad Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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