Bomb Peak

Bomb Peak is a peak, 805 metres (2,640 ft) high, situated 2 nautical miles (4 km) west of Cape Crozier on Ross Island near Antarctica. It was charted, and so named, by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59, because of the bomb-like (pyroclastic) geological formations surrounding the summit of this peak.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Bomb Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-07-29.

Coordinates: 77°32′S 169°15′E / 77.533°S 169.250°E / -77.533; 169.250

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