Gray Peak (Antarctica)

This article is about the mountain in Antarctica. For other mountains with similar names, see Gray Peak.
Gray Peak
Map of Antarctica showing location of Gray Peak
Gray Peak

Location of Gray Peak in Antarctica

Highest point
Elevation 2750 m (8432 ft) [1]
Coordinates 84°20′S 173°56′E / 84.333°S 173.933°E / -84.333; 173.933Coordinates: 84°20′S 173°56′E / 84.333°S 173.933°E / -84.333; 173.933 [1]
Geography
Location Antarctica
Parent range Queen Maud Mountains

Gray Peak is a prominent rock summit in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. The mountain is located on the west side of Canyon Glacier, opposite the Hughes Range. The mountain was named in 1958 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), after Thomas I. Gray, Jr., a meteorologist at Little America V.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Gray Peak, retrieved 2010.07.23


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