Martin Peak

Martin Peak is a peak, 1,045 metres (3,430 ft) high, standing 2 nautical miles (4 km) northeast of Nance Ridge in the Thomas Hills, in the northern Patuxent Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956 to 1966, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Christopher Martin, a biologist at Palmer Station, summer 1966–67.[1]

This article is about a mountain in Antarctica. For the mountain in Washington state, see Martin Peak (Washington). For the mountain in Irkutsk Oblast, see Pik Martena.
Martin Peak
Highest point
Elevation1,045 m (3,428 ft)
Coordinates84°22′S 65°21′W
Geography
LocationAntarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent rangePatuxent Range

References
  1. "Martin Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-08-22.

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