Bettle Peak

Bettle Peak (77°47′18″S 163°31′50″E / 77.78833°S 163.53056°E / -77.78833; 163.53056Coordinates: 77°47′18″S 163°31′50″E / 77.78833°S 163.53056°E / -77.78833; 163.53056) is a peak, 1,490 metres (4,890 ft) high, standing west of Bowers Piedmont Glacier and 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of the Granite Knolls in Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for James F. Bettle, a United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist and scientific leader at McMurdo Station in 1962.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Bettle Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-06-13.

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