Cleft Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cleft Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak (2d)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A prominent coastal massif, about 1100m high, seen from the Beardmore Glacier. It was some 30 miles distant from where the NZ Alpine Antarctic Expedition were landed by the US Navy aircraft, and they began man-hauling their sledges towards this peak which has the most prominent of the coastal peaks near the Hood Glacier, and was therefore the obvious beacon for navigation. Named by the NZ Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition, 1959-60, who climbed this peak on 20 December 1959. When the four members reached the summit they found that the eastern side was cleft from top to bottom by a huge fissure.
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