Epidote Peak
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Epidote Peak is a prominent rock peak just north of the mouth of Held Glacier
, overlooking the west side of Shackleton Glacier
in the Queen Maud Mountains
. So named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Party (1964–65) because of the abundance of the mineral epidote which gives the peak a spotted appearance.
Held Glacier
Held Glacier is a tributary glacier, 3 nautical miles long, flowing east from Anderson Heights to enter Shackleton Glacier just south of Epidote Peak, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant George B. Held, CEC, U.S. Navy, Public Works Officer...
, overlooking the west side of Shackleton Glacier
Shackleton Glacier
Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from 8 to 16 km wide, descending from the polar plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount Speed and Waldron Spurs. The Roberts Massif...
in the Queen Maud Mountains
Queen Maud Mountains
The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the polar plateau in Antarctica...
. So named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Party (1964–65) because of the abundance of the mineral epidote which gives the peak a spotted appearance.