Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Krissek Peak (USA) | 80° 13' 00.0" S | 155° 57' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 136147
Place ID: 17505
A sharp peak which rises to c. 2500 m on the SW ridge from Mount Henderson, in Britannia Range. Named after geologist Lawrence A. Krissek of the Byrd Polar Research Center and Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, who worked many austral summers in the central Transantarctic Mountains beginning c. 1985-86. |
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