Penitent Peak
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Penitent Peak is a peak
between Mount Breaker
and Ryan Peak
on Horseshoe Island
. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955-57 and so named because of the snow penitents which are a characteristic feature in the vicinity of the peak.
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...
between Mount Breaker
Mount Breaker
Mount Breaker is a mountain with double summits, the eastern summit being, at , the highest on Horseshoe Island, off Graham Land. The name was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958 and is descriptive; the two summits are separated by a shallow col and, when seen from...
and Ryan Peak
Ryan Peak
Ryan Peak is a peak 1 nautical mile east of Penitent Peak on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955-57. Named for Francis B. Ryan of FIDS, meteorologist at Horseshoe Island in 1956, who broke a leg in a climbing accident on this peak. Category:Mountains of...
on Horseshoe Island
Horseshoe Island (Antarctica)
Horseshoe Island is an island 6.5 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide occupying most of the entrance to Square Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill who mapped this area by land and from the air in 1936-37...
. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955-57 and so named because of the snow penitents which are a characteristic feature in the vicinity of the peak.