Corbet Peak
Corbet Peak is a 4,822-metre-high (15,820 ft) peak, at the north edge of the ice-covered Vinson Plateau in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Hinkley Glacier to the northeast and the head of Roché Glacier to the southwest.
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The peak was named by US-ACAN in 2006 after Barry Corbet (1936-2004), member of the 1966–67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Vinson, the summit of Antarctica, and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range.[1]
Location
Corbet Peak is located at 78°31′31″S 85°32′50″W, which is 0.97 miles (1.56 km) east of Mount Vinson. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.
Maps
- Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
- D. Gildea and C. Rada. Vinson Massif and the Sentinel Range. Scale 1:50 000 topographic map. Omega Foundation, 2007.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
References
- "Corbet Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
External links
- Corbet Peak SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Corbet Peak". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)