Armstrong Peak
Encyclopedia
Armstrong Peak is a peak
, 1470 metres (4,822.8 ft) high, standing 15 miles (24.1 km) southeast of Mount Codrington
in Enderby Land
, part of the Australian Antarctic Territory
, in East Antarctica
.
cartographers
from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Austnuten (the east peak). The peak was re-photographed by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
(ANARE) in 1956. An astrofix was obtained nearby in December 1959 by J.C. Armstrong, ANARE surveyor at Mawson Station
, for whom the feature was renamed by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia in 1960.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
, 1470 metres (4,822.8 ft) high, standing 15 miles (24.1 km) southeast of Mount Codrington
Mount Codrington
Mount Codrington is a prominent mountain, high, standing south-southeast of Cape Close and east of Johnston Peak. Mount Codrington forms the northeastern end of the Napier Mountains....
in Enderby Land
Enderby Land
Enderby Land is a projecting land mass of Antarctica, extending from Shinnan Glacier at to William Scoresby Bay at .Enderby Land was discovered in February 1831 by John Biscoe in the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their...
, part of the Australian Antarctic Territory
Australian Antarctic Territory
The Australian Antarctic Territory is a part of Antarctica. It was claimed by the United Kingdom and placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1933. It is the largest territory of Antarctica claimed by any nation...
, in East Antarctica
East Antarctica
East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority of the Antarctic continent, lying on the Indian Ocean side of the Transantarctic Mountains...
.
Discovery and naming
Armstrong Peak was mapped by NorwegianNorway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
cartographers
Cartography
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from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Austnuten (the east peak). The peak was re-photographed by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...
(ANARE) in 1956. An astrofix was obtained nearby in December 1959 by J.C. Armstrong, ANARE surveyor at Mawson Station
Mawson Station
Mawson Station is one of three permanent Australian bases in the Australian Antarctic Territory of East Antarctica. Named after Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, the base is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division...
, for whom the feature was renamed by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia in 1960.