Gray Peak (Antarctica)

Gray Peak
Map of Antarctica showing location of Gray Peak
Gray Peak

Location of Gray Peak in Antarctica

Elevation 2750 m (8432 ft)[1]
Location
Location Antarctica
Range Queen Maud Mountains
Coordinates 84°20′S 173°56′E / 84.333°S 173.933°ECoordinates: 84°20′S 173°56′E / 84.333°S 173.933°E[1]

Gray Peak is a prominent rock summit in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. The mountain is located on the west side of Canyon Glacier, opposite the Hughes Range. The mountain was named in 1958 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), after Thomas I. Gray, Jr., a meteorologist at Little America V.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Gray Peak, retrieved 2010.07.23