Mistake Peak
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Mistake Peak is a snowy peak
, about 2,600 m, rising 3 nautical miles (6 km) west-southwest of Shapeless Mountain
, at the south end of the Willett Range
in Victoria Land
. So named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
(1956–58), because they mistakenly climbed the mountain
in the belief they were on Shapeless Mountain.
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...
, about 2,600 m, rising 3 nautical miles (6 km) west-southwest of Shapeless Mountain
Shapeless Mountain
Shapeless Mountain is a massive mountain, 2,740 m, standing west of the head of Balham Valley in Victoria Land in Antarctica. Named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition as being descriptive of its appearance from almost every direction....
, at the south end of the Willett Range
Willett Range
Willett Range is the range extending north from Mistake Peak and running for 20 nautical miles as a high shelf along the edge of the continental ice to the Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land. The range is breached by several glaciers flowing east from the plateau...
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...
. So named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
(1956–58), because they mistakenly climbed the mountain
Mountain
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in the belief they were on Shapeless Mountain.