Nepal Peak
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Nepal Peak is a peak
, 1203 m, at the north end of Goorkha Craters
, Cook Mountains
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) in association with Goorkha Craters (Gurkha), a name applied by R.F. Scott, 1901-04. The present day nation of Nepal
is the homeland of the Gurkhas.
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...
, 1203 m, at the north end of Goorkha Craters
Goorkha Craters
Goorkha Craters is a line of snow-free coastal hills 5 nautical miles long, standing 2 nautical miles east of Cooper Nunatak between Carlyon and Darwin Glaciers. Discovered and named by the Discovery expedition ....
, Cook Mountains
Cook Mountains
The Cook Mountains is a group of mountains bounded by the Mulock and Darwin glaciers in Antarctica. Parts of the group were first viewed from the Ross Ice Shelf by the British National Antarctic Expedition...
. Named by 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...
(US-ACAN) in association with Goorkha Craters (Gurkha), a name applied by R.F. Scott, 1901-04. The present day nation of Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
is the homeland of the Gurkhas.