Ball Peak

Coordinates: 77°34′S 162°47′E / 77.567°S 162.783°E / -77.567; 162.783

Ball Peak is a peak rising to 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) at the head of Loftus Glacier in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. It stands 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) south-west of Mount McLennan in proximity to Mount Hall and Harris Peak, with which this naming is associated. It was named by New Zealand Geographic Board (1998) after Gary Ball, a New Zealand Antarctic Division field guide and instructor in survival training at Scott Base, 1976–77; field guide, northern Victoria Land GANOVEX expedition, 1979–80. Gary Ball died in the Himalayas, 1993.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Ball Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-18.

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