Airdrop Peak
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Airdrop Peak is a twin-peaked
mountain
890 metres (2,919.9 ft) high at the north end of Commonwealth Range
, Antarctica. It is the first prominent feature in Ebony Ridge
when approached from the northwest. When New Zealand
surveyors were making observations from the higher of the two peaks on December 11, 1959, an R4D aircraft of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6
flew overhead to drop a spare radio to the expedition whose original one had broken down. So named because of this incident by the New Zealand Alpine Club
Antarctic Expedition, 1959–60.
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...
mountain
Mountain
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890 metres (2,919.9 ft) high at the north end of Commonwealth Range
Commonwealth Range
The Commonwealth Range is a north-south trending range of rugged mountains, 100 km long, located on the continent of Antarctica. The range borders the eastern side of Beardmore Glacier from the Ross Ice Shelf to Keltie Glacier...
, Antarctica. It is the first prominent feature in Ebony Ridge
Ebony Ridge
Ebony Ridge is a coastal ridge 5 nautical miles long between Airdrop Peak and Mount Robert Scott at the north end of the Commonwealth Range. It consists of dark metamorphosed greywacke contrasting sharply with the predominate brown ochre of the weathered surface of the granitic intrusions forming...
when approached from the northwest. When New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
surveyors were making observations from the higher of the two peaks on December 11, 1959, an R4D aircraft of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6
VX-6
Air Development Squadron Six was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
flew overhead to drop a spare radio to the expedition whose original one had broken down. So named because of this incident by the New Zealand Alpine Club
New Zealand Alpine Club
The New Zealand Alpine Club was founded in 1891 and is one of the oldest Alpine Clubs in the world. The NZAC is the national climbing organization in New Zealand and is a member of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme. It has about 3000 members who are spread across eleven...
Antarctic Expedition, 1959–60.