Friedmann Peak (79°51′S 156°45′E / 79.850°S 156.750°E / -79.850; 156.750) is a prominent peak rising to 1,920 metres (6,300 ft) in the central part of Kennett Ridge, in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. It was named after Roseli Ocampo Friedmann, professor of microbiology at Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, who worked five austral summers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, and was co-discoverer there (with E. Imre Friedmann) of endolithic microorganisms in the Beacon sandstone, 1976.[1]

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  1. "Friedmann Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

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