Graham Peak
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Graham Peak is a peak
about 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Mount Riiser-Larsen
in the northwest part of the Tula Mountains
in Enderby Land
. It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
) aircraft in 1956, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for N. Graham, a cook at Wilkes Station
in 1960.
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...
about 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Mount Riiser-Larsen
Mount Riiser-Larsen
Mount Riiser-Larsen is a prominent mountain, 870 m, standing at the northwest end of the Tula Mountains on the east side of Amundsen Bay. It was named by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Mawson in January 1930 for Captain Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, the leader of...
in the northwest part of the Tula Mountains
Tula Mountains
Tula Mountains is a group of extensive mountains lying immediately eastward of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were discovered on January 14, 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Mawson and named "Tula Range" by him after John Biscoe's brig,...
in Enderby Land
Enderby Land
Enderby Land is a projecting land mass of Antarctica, extending from Shinnan Glacier at to William Scoresby Bay at .Enderby Land was discovered in February 1831 by John Biscoe in the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their...
. It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...
) aircraft in 1956, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for N. Graham, a cook at Wilkes Station
Wilkes Station
Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year program in Antarctica...
in 1960.