Block Peak
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Block Peak is a peak
, 2770 metres (9,087.9 ft) high, standing 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Mauger Nunatak
in the Grosvenor Mountains
. It was discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight to the South Pole
in November 1929, and named by him for William Block, son of Paul Block who was a patron of the expedition.
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...
, 2770 metres (9,087.9 ft) high, standing 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Mauger Nunatak
Mauger Nunatak
Mauger Nunatak is a nunatak, 2,780 m, about 3 nautical miles northeast of Mount Block in the Grosvenor Mountains. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition for C.C...
in the Grosvenor Mountains
Grosvenor Mountains
Grosvenor Mountains is a group of widely scattered mountains and nunataks rising above the polar plateau east of the head of Mill Glacier, extending from Mount Pratt in the north to the Mount Raymond area in the south, and from Otway Massif in the northwest to Larkman Nunatak in the SE. Discovered...
. It was discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight to the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...
in November 1929, and named by him for William Block, son of Paul Block who was a patron of the expedition.