Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Gneiss Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Gneiss Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A conical peak about 1.7 km north-west from Blundell Peak in the Larsemann Hills. It rises steeply from its western coastal shoreline.
So named because of the large deposits of gneissic rocks found there.
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