Orphan date February 2009 Bomford Peak Coord 54 8 S 37 38 W source GNIS display inline,title is, at convert 1,140 m the highest pyramidalpeakpeak located centrally on the peninsula between Wilson Harbour and Cheapman Bay on the south side of South Georgia . It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey SGS in the period 1951 57 and named for Captain Anthony G. Bomford , Royal Engineers , senior surveyor of the SGS, 1955 56. References usgs gazetteer id 1620 Category Mountains and hills of South Georgia SouthGeorgia geo stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Paulsen Peak Coord 54 20 S 36 40 W display inline,title is a rock pyramidalpeakpeak , 1,875 m, standing near the head of Lyell Glacier, South Georgia Lyell Glacier , 2 miles 3.2 km northwest of Mount Sugartop in the Allardyce Range of South Georgia . Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place Names Committee UK APC , following mapping by the SGS, 1951 52, for Harald B. Paulsen 1898 1951 , a leading figure in the Norwegian whaling industry. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains and hills of South Georgia SouthGeorgia geo stub ... more details
Ugolini Peak Coord 78 1 S 161 31 E display inline,title is a sharp rock pyramidalpeakpeak , over 2,200 m, surmounting the central part of a large ice free massif 6 miles 10 km south of Knobhead, at the south side of upper Ferrar Glacier in Victoria Land . Ugolini Ridge lies to its south east. The features were named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names US ACAN for Fiorenzo C. Ugolini , who studied Antarctic soil processes in the McMurdo Sound area in 1961 62 and 1962 63. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains of Victoria Land Category Scott Coast ScottCoast geo stub ... more details
May Peak coor dm 85 57 S 132 23 W is a pyramidal summit topography peak rising over 2,200 m at the west side of Reedy Glacier , standing 1 nautical mile 1.9 km west of Stich Peak in the Quartz Hills of East Antarctica . Mapped by United States Geological Survey USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960 64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names US ACAN for Lieutenant Commander Robert L. May , U.S. Navy, helicopter pilot at McMurdo Station , 1962 63. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains of Antarctica Category Landforms of Wilkes Land WilkesLand geo stub ... more details
Orphan date December 2010 Scarlatti Peak coor dm 71 16 S 70 26 W is a conspicuous pyramidal summit topography peak , 750 m, 8 nautical miles 15 km northwest of Holst Peak and 12 nautical miles 22 km east of Walton Mountains in the central part of Alexander Island . First mapped from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition RARE , 1947 48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey FIDS in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place Names Committee UK APC for Alessandro Scarlatti 1660 1725 , Italian composer. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains of Alexander Island AlexanderIsland geo stub ... more details
Ridge Peak coor dm 63 30 S 57 3 W is a pyramidal rocky summit topography peak , 510 m, from which a prominent ridge extends eastward, standing 2.5 nautical miles 4.6 km southwest of Trepassey Bay between Cairn Hill and Lizard Hill on Tabarin Peninsula . This area was first explored by a party of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition , 1901 04. Ridge Peak was charted and named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey FIDS , 1946. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains of Trinity Peninsula TrinityPeninsula geo stub ... more details
Infobox mountain name Quadrant Peak photo photo caption elevation m 430 elevation ref prominence m 430 prominence ref location Vindication Island , South Sandwich Islands range coordinates coord 57 06 S 26 47 W type mountain topo first ascent easiest route coord 57 06 S 26 47 W display title Quadrant Peak is a pyramidalpeakpeak 430 m forming the summit of Vindication Island , South Sandwich Islands . The peak forms a narrow ridge above the uniform slopes of the original volcano volcanic cone , and is a quadrant of what was probably once a circular mass cone. The peak was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place Names Committee UK APC in 1971. usgs gazetteer style float left valign top Image South sandwich islands.png thumb right 200px South Sandwich Islands Image Zavodovski Location.JPG thumb right 200px Location of Quadrant Peak, Vindication Island br clear both Category Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean Category Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Category Mountains and hills of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands SouthGeorgia geo stub no Quadrant Peak ... more details
Infobox mountain name Zurn Peak photo MountToneyMap.jpg photo caption Aerial view of Toney Mountain with Zurn Peak in the upper center elevation m 1515 elevation ref prominence m prominence ref listing Ultra prominent peak Ultra location Marie Byrd Land , Antarctica coordinates coord 75 44 S 115 40 W type mountain display inline,title topo type Shield volcano age Holocene? last eruption Unknown first ascent easiest route Zurn Peak Coord 75 44 S 115 40 W display inline,title is a rocky pyramidalpeakpeak 1,515 m rising from the north edge of Toney Mountain , about 4 miles 6 km northeast of Richmond Peak , in Marie Byrd Land . Mapped by United States Geological Survey USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959 71, it was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names US ACAN for Walter Z rn , Station Scientific Leader at South Pole Station , in 1972. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains of Marie Byrd Land MarieByrdLand geo stub de Zurn Peak ... more details
Orphan date December 2010 Ovbratten Peak coor dm 72 47 S 3 44 W is a steep, pyramidal rock summit topography peak about 2 nautical miles 3.7 km southwest of Hogfonna Mountain , in the Borg Massif of Queen Maud Land . Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian British Swedish Antarctic Expedition NBSAE 1949 52 and named Ovbratten. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains of Queen Maud Land Category Princess Martha Coast PrincessMarthaCoast geo stub ... more details
Orphan date November 2010 Whitten Peak coor dm 63 25 S 57 4 W is a pyramidal summit topography peak , 445 m, forming the northeast end of Blade Ridge at the west side of the head of Hope Bay , on the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula . Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition , 1901 04, under Nordenskjold. Named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey FIDS for R. Whitten , first mate of the ship Eagle, which participated in FIDS operations in 1944 45. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains of Trinity Peninsula TrinityPeninsula geo stub ... more details
Passes Peak coor dm 63 27 S 57 3 W is a pyramidal summit topography peak , 535 m, standing next south of Mount Carroll and 2 nautical miles 3.7 km south of the head of Hope Bay , at the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula . First charted in 1945 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey FIDS , and so named because it lies between two passes used by Hope Bay sledging parties in traveling to Duse Bay and to the head of Depot Glacier . usgs gazetteer Category Mountains of Trinity Peninsula TrinityPeninsula geo stub ... more details
Holst Peak coor dm 71 20 S 70 6 W is a rocky pyramidalpeak, 1,000 m, midway between the south end of the Walton Mountains and LeMay Range in the central part of Alexander Island . First mapped from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition RARE , 1947 48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey FIDS in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place Names Committee UK APC for Gustav Holst 1874 1934 , English composer. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains of Alexander Island AlexanderIsland geo stub ... more details
Orphan date November 2010 Kay Peak coor dm 75 14 S 110 57 W is a pyramidalpeak, 760 m, near the end of the large spur descending northwest from the Mount Murphy massif, in Marie Byrd Land . Mapped by United States Geological Survey USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959 66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names US ACAN for Lieutenant Commander W. Kay , U.S. Navy, leader of the Construction Unit at South Pole Station during Operation Deep Freeze 1973. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains of Marie Byrd Land MarieByrdLand geo stub ... more details
Infobox mountain name Cypress Peak photo Cypress Peak.jpg photo caption Cypress Peak, July 2005 elevation m 2308 elevation ref ref name bivouac cite bivouac id 696 name Cypress Peak accessdate 2010 12 29 ref prominence m 265 prominence ref ref name bivouac location British Columbia , CAN range Pacific Ranges map Canada British Columbia no subdivisions region CA BC label position left map size 200 lat d 50 lat m 02 lat s 08 lat NS N long d 123 long m 15 long s 11 long EW W coordinates ref ref name bcgnis cite bcgnis id 7519 title Cypress Peak accessdate 2010 12 29 ref topo National Topographic System NTS 092 J03 first ascent easiest route Cypress Peak is a pyramidalpeak mountain peak located south of Brandywine Mountain on the Squamish Ckeakamus divide, west of Whistler, British Columbia Whistler in the New Westminster Land District of British Columbia , Canada . The mountain was named after nearby Cypress Creek which has since been renamed Roe Creek . ref name bcgnis References reflist Category Mountains of British Columbia Category Pacific Ranges BritishColumbia geo stub ... more details
Infobox mountain name Fissile Peak photo Fissile Peak.jpg photo caption Fissile Peak viewed from Russet Lake, August 2006 elevation m 2439 elevation ref ref name bivouac cite bivouac id 626 name Fissile Peak accessdate 2010 12 29 ref prominence m 119 prominence ref ref name bivouac location British Columbia , CAN range map Canada British Columbia no subdivisions region CA BC label position left map size 200 lat d 50 lat m 01 lat s 07 lat NS N long d 122 long m 50 long s 55 long EW W coordinates ref ref name bcgnis cite bcgnis id 12814 title Fissile Peak accessdate 2010 12 29 ref topo National Topographic System NTS 092 J02 first ascent easiest route Fissile Peak is a pyramidalpeak mountain peak located on the eastern side of Cheakamus Lake southeast of Whistler, British Columbia Whistler in Garibaldi Provincial Park of British Columbia , Canada . The mountain is composed of red slate which is easily divided into thin sheets of uniform thickness in geological terms this feature is known as Fissility geology fissility . ref name bcgnis References reflist Category Mountains of British Columbia BritishColumbia geo stub ... more details
File Tangra Mountains location map.png thumb Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Image vihren.jpg thumb right Vihren Peak from Bransfield Strait , with Vitosha Saddle to the left and Magura Glacier in the foreground. Vihren Peak is a sharp pyramidal peak peak rising to about 1150 m in Levski Ridge of the Tangra Mountains , eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica overlooking Devnya Valley and Huron Glacier to the north northwest, and Magura Glacier to the southeast. The feature is named after the homonymous summit of the Pirin Pirin Mountains in Bulgaria . Location The peak is located at coord 62 39 36 S 60 01 40 W which is next northeast of Vitosha Saddle , 1.73 km northeast of Great Needle Peak Falsa Aguja Peak , 490 m south southwest of Helmet Peak, Livingston Island Helmet Peak , and 2.2 km north of Radichkov Peak Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004 05 and mapping in 2005 and 2009 . Maps L.L. Ivanov et al. commons Image Livingston Greenwich map.jpg Antarctica Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands . Scale 1 100000 topographic map. Sofia Antarctic Place names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005. L.L. Ivanov. http id team.org apc Apcbg Web New files image023.jpg Antarctica Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands . Scale 1 120000 topographic map. Troyan Manfred W rner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978 954 92032 6 4 References http data.aad.gov.au aadc gaz scar SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer . Bulgarian named Antarctic place Category Tangra Mountains LivingstonIsland geo stub ... more details
File Tangra Mountains location map.png thumb Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. File Huntress Glacier.JPG thumb MacKay the conspicuous sharp peak in the background from Willan Saddle . MacKay Peak is an ice covered pyramidal peak rising to 700 m in the Friesland Ridge of Tangra Mountains , rises to 770 m in Friesland Ridge , Tangra Mountains , Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica . It is linked by Pleven Saddle to Tervel Peak to the east northeast, and surmounts Peshtera Glacier to the north and Charity Glacier to the south. The peak is named after Captain Donald MacKay, Master of the US American shallop Sarah who, while seal hunting in the islands in 1820 21, sent home a collection of minerals and rocks to the New York Lyceum of Natural History, forerunner of the American Museum of Natural History . Location File MacKay Peak.JPG thumb left MacKay Peak from Atlantic Club Ridge . The peak is located at coord 62 43 16 S 60 17 57.5 W which is 5.67 km south of Napier Peak , 3.62 km southwest of Kikish Crag , 2.76 km west southwest of St. Methodius Peak and 2.41 km north northeast of Veleka Peak British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 . Maps L.L. Ivanov et al. commons Image Livingston Greenwich map.jpg Antarctica Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands . Scale 1 100000 topographic map. Sofia Antarctic Place names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005. L.L. Ivanov. http id team.org apc Apcbg Web New files image023.jpg Antarctica Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands . Scale 1 120000 topographic map. Troyan Manfred W rner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978 954 92032 6 4 References http data.aad.gov.au aadc gaz scar SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica . Category Tangra Mountains LivingstonIsland geo stub ... more details
File Ant pen map Trinity Peninsula.PNG thumb Location of Trinity Peninsula. Corner Peak Coord 63 35 S 58 39 W source GNIS display inline,title is a pyramidal Summit topography peak , convert 930 m high, with considerable rock exposed on its northern face. Located in the northeastern Srednogorie Heights , convert 8 nmi km east southeast of Cape Roquemaurel , it marks a corner in the broad glacial valley of Malorad Glacier which rises immediately to the southeast and fans out northwest to form a piedmont ice sheet on the northwest side of the Trinity Peninsula . It was named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey following a 1946 survey. ref name gnis Map http www.bkg.bund.de nn 171392 DE Bundesamt Kostenlose Karten Antarktis Karten Satellitenbildkarten Ma C3 9Fstab250 Daten Trinity 20Peninsula,templateId raw,property publicationFile.pdf Trinity 20Peninsula.pdf Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1 250000 topographic map. Institut f r Angewandte Geod sie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996. References Reflist refs ref name gnis cite gnis type antarid id 3157 name Corner Peak accessdate 2011 11 26 ref usgs gazetteer id 3157 Category Mountains of Trinity Peninsula TrinityPeninsula geo stub ... more details
Infobox mountain name Cheam Peak photo Mount Cheam.jpg photo caption Mount Cheam as seen from Lady Peak . elevation m 2104 elevation ref prominence m 334 prominence ref location British Columbia , Canada range North Cascades coordinates coord 49 11 12 N 121 40 54 W type mountain display inline,title ... by natives easiest route Southwest Route 3.8 km trail with 632m elevation gain Cheam Peak , called ... , is the farthest northerly peak of the Cheam Range , a subrange of the Skagit Range of the Canadian ... in January as seen from the Fraser Valley . Cheam s structure is pyramidal , with north, northwest ... spur ending in the sub peak called Red Pyramid or Red Tower convert 1400 m ft 0 abbr on divides ... pass col with Lady Peak , two km to the southeast Jones Lake is below the east face. A sharp ridge divides the east and north faces. History Cheam Peak was part of the oral history of the St l First Nation . The Halkomelem name for the peak, Theeth uhl kay, means the source or the place from which the waters spring. For the Sto lo, the peak is the mother mountain or old woman overlooking her children dwelling in the valley. Lady Peak, to the south is the old woman s dog. Cheam, the official name of the peak, is the Halkomelem word for wild strawberries. This describes the ridge that includes ... Cheam Peak Trail.jpg thumb left alt Part of the trail leading to Cheam Peak Part of the trail leading to Cheam Peak The trailhead to Cheam Peak, is via decommissioned logging roads accessible from ..., moderately steeply, convert 632 m ft 0 abbr on to the peak. The summit offers views of the Fraser .... One can also access Lady Peak via a route that begins about halfway up the Cheam Peak Trail. Image Cheam Peak View.jpg thumb 600px alt The view from the top of Cheam Peak The view from the top of Cheam Peak. br br br br br External links BCGNIS 4979 Cheam Peak cite bivouac id 1229 title Cheam Peak http www.johnharveyphoto.com MtCheam2 index.html A hike to the top of Cheam Peak Category Mountains ... more details
ref Ireland topo 93A 8 or PS WG3 north half type Pyramidalpeak volcanic arc belt age last eruption .... Wells Gray Tours, Kamloops, BC. ISBN 0 9681932 1 8. ref Garnet Peak stands alone as a pyramidalpeak. From Clearwater Lake British Columbia Clearwater Lake , it appears to be part of the Huntley ...Infobox mountain name Garnet Peak other name photo Clearwater Lake Garnet Peak.jpg photo size photo alt photo caption Garnet Peak center from Clearwater Lake elevation convert 2860 m ft 0 abbr on elevation ... Cariboo Mountains parent peak location British Columbia, Canada map Canada British Columbia map ... ridge via Huntley Col and Tryfan Mtn Garnet Peak is a mountain in east central British Columbia ... 2860 m ft 0 abbr on . Garnet Peak is a prominent mountain as one drives the Clearwater Valley ... on Clearwater Lake by boat Garnet Peak actually gets smaller and eventually disappears behind the Huntley Buchanan Ridge. Garnet Peak is not visible from anywhere on Azure Lake. ref name xwgp First ascent Garnet Peak was first climbed on August 29, 1974, by Hugh Neave leader , Barb Hargreaves and Tor ... to those peaks for the next 20 years. An ascent of Garnet Peak had been Neave s dream since he first ... of 65, Neave achieved his dream when he summited Garnet Peak and he named the mountain for the small ... north of Garnet Peak, was named the following year in recognition of his climbs in northern Wells ... of Garnet Peak. ref name xwgp Access and climbing route Fewer than 100 people have climbed Garnet Peak since 1974. It is not a difficult mountain to climb because there is only one short pitch requiring ... turn back most expeditions. A Garnet Peak ascent should be planned for four days, but can be done in three. Image Garnet Peak 1988.jpg thumb 300px left Kamloops Mountaineering Club below Garnet Peak ... Col, between Mount Huntley to the west and Batoche Peak to the east, is the best place to camp ... the Huntley Buchanan Ridge as far as Tryfan Mountain. For a detailed description of the Garnet Peak ... more details
Avalanche Peak may refer to Avalanche Peak California Avalanche Peak Colorado Avalanche Peak India Avalanche Peak New Mexico Avalanche Peak New Zealand Avalanche Peak Wyoming Avalanche Peak Yukon geodis ... more details
Sentinel Peak may refer to Sentinel Peak Alberta Sentinel Peak Antarctica Sentinel Peak Arizona Sentinel Peak British Columbia Sentinel Peak California Sentinel Peak Colorado Sentinel Peak Drakensberg, South Africa Sentinel Peak Idaho Sentinel Peak Montana Sentinel Peak Nevada Sentinel Peak New Mexico Sentinel Peak New Zealand Sentinel Peak Oregon Sentinel Peak Washington in the North Cascades disambig ... more details
Stewart Peak may refer to Stewart Peak Alaska Stewart Peak Antarctica Stewart Peak British Columbia Stewart Peak Colorado Stewart Peak New Mexico Stewart Peak Wyoming See also Mount Stewart disambiguation geodis ... more details
Kelley Peak is the name of two geographical features Kelley Peak Texas , a mountain peak in Edwards County, Texas Kelley Peak Antarctica , a mountain peak in Antarctica Kelley Peak Norfolk , a hilltop in Norfolk , England referred to as a mountain disambig de Kelley Peak ... more details
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