Breckinridge Peak
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Breckinridge Peak is a peak
in the southern group of the Rockefeller Mountains
, standing 1 miles (1.6 km) southwest of Mount Nilsen
on Edward VII Peninsula
. It was discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1929, and named by Richard E. Byrd for Colonel and Mrs. Henry Breckinridge of New York
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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...
in the southern group of the Rockefeller Mountains
Rockefeller Mountains
The Rockefeller Mountains are a group of low-lying, scattered granite peaks and ridges, almost entirely snow covered, standing 30 miles south-southwest of the Alexandra Mountains on the Edward VII Peninsula of Antarctica....
, standing 1 miles (1.6 km) southwest of Mount Nilsen
Mount Nilsen
Mount Nilsen is a peak 4 nautical miles west-southwest of Mount Paterson in the Rockefeller Mountains, on Edward VII Peninsula. Discovered in 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, and named by Byrd for Captain Nilsen of the Norwegian whaler C.A. Larsen, which towed the City of New York through...
on Edward VII Peninsula
Edward VII Peninsula
King Edward VII Land or King Edward VII Peninsula is a large, ice-covered peninsula which forms the northwestern extremity of Marie Byrd Land. The peninsula projects into the Ross Sea between Sulzberger Bay and the northeast corner of the Ross Ice Shelf, and forms part of the Ross Dependency...
. It was discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1929, and named by Richard E. Byrd for Colonel and Mrs. Henry Breckinridge of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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