Panorama Peak
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Panorama Peak is a rock peak
0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) north of Mount Thundergut
on the ridge extending to Plane Table
, in the Asgard Range
, Victoria Land
. The name applied by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) presumably alludes to excellent views available from the summit.
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...
0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) north of Mount Thundergut
Mount Thundergut
Mount Thundergut is a rock peak 3 nautical miles northeast of St. Pauls Mountain in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. The descriptive name was given by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee ; when viewed from the east, the peak presents a very steep domed face with a vertical gut subject to...
on the ridge extending to Plane Table
Plane Table
Plane Table is a distinctive ice free mesa in the north part of the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. This flattish feature surmounts the area between Nibelungen Valley and the Sykes Glacier and commands an extensive view of Wright Valley...
, in the Asgard Range
Asgard Range
The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It dividies Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley, and was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition after Asgard, the home of the Norse gods....
, 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...
. The name applied by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
(NZ-APC) presumably alludes to excellent views available from the summit.