Annexstad Peak

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.

Annexstad Peak
Annexstad Peak
Position in Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation2,610 m (8,560 ft)
Parent peakMount Cumming
Coordinates76°41′S 125°52′W
Geography
LocationMarie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeExecutive Committee Range

It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 195860, 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 the United States Geological Survey document: "Annexstad Peak". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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