Bettle Peak
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Bettle Peak is a peak
, 1490 metres (4,888.5 ft) high, standing west of Bowers Piedmont Glacier
and 6 miles (10 km) north of Granite Knolls
in Victoria Land
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for James F. Bettle, United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist and scientific leader at McMurdo Station
in 1962.
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...
, 1490 metres (4,888.5 ft) high, standing west of Bowers Piedmont Glacier
Bowers Piedmont Glacier
Bowers Piedmont Glacier is a piedmont glacier on the coast of Victoria Land, covering about and lying just south of New Harbour. It merges at its south side with Blue Glacier. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, but not named until the British Antarctic...
and 6 miles (10 km) north of Granite Knolls
Granite Knolls
Granite Knolls are conspicuous rock outcrops on the northwest flank of Blue Glacier, 5 nautical miles west of Hobbs Peak in Victoria Land. This descriptive name was given by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910-13....
in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
for James F. Bettle, United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist and scientific leader at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
in 1962.