Mount Pleiones
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Mount Pleiones is the southernmost and highest peak
of The Pleiades, at the head of Mariner Glacier
. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) after Pleiones of Greek mythology.
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...
of The Pleiades, at the head of Mariner Glacier
Mariner Glacier
Mariner Glacier is a major glacier over long, descending southeast from the plateau of Victoria Land, between Mountaineer Range and Malta Plateau, and terminating at Lady Newnes Bay, Ross Sea, where it forms the floating Mariner Glacier Tongue...
. Named by the 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) after Pleiones of Greek mythology.