Wise Peak
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Wise Peak is a small peak
(1,580 m) marking the south end of Warren Range
in Oates Land
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Keith A.J. Wise, biologist working out of the McMurdo Station
for five seasons, 1960-61 to 1964-65.
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...
(1,580 m) marking the south end of Warren Range
Warren Range
Warren Range is a range about 15 nautical miles long just west of Boomerang Range, with which it lies parallel, in Oates Land. Discovered by the Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition , which called the highest summit "Mount Warren" after Guyon Warren, a member...
in Oates Land
Oates Land
Oates Land is a wedge-shaped segment of East Antarctica stretching along and inland from the Oates Coast. Part of the Australian claim to the Antarctic, it extends between 153°45' E and 150° E, forming a wedge between 60° S and the South Pole. It is bounded in the east by the Ross Dependency and in...
. 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) for Keith A.J. Wise, biologist working out of the McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
for five seasons, 1960-61 to 1964-65.