Stanwix Peak
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Stanwix Peak is a distinctive peak
(2,240 m) which surmounts the south side of the head of Astapenko Glacier
in the Bowers Mountains
. The peak was used as a reference object by surveyor S. Kirkby, with the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
) (Thala Dan
), 1962. Named by ANARE for Captain John Stanwix
, helicopter pilot with the expedition.
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...
(2,240 m) which surmounts the south side of the head of Astapenko Glacier
Astapenko Glacier
Astapenko Glacier is a glacier, long, draining the north and northeast slopes of Stanwix Peak in the Bowers Mountains and flowing east-northeast to Ob' Bay. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62, and named by the Advisory...
in the Bowers Mountains
Bowers Mountains
Bowers Mountains is a group of north-south trending mountains in Antarctica, about 145 km long and 56 km wide, bounded by the coast on the north and by the Rennick, Canham, Black and Lillie glaciers in other quadrants. The seaward end was first sighted in February 1911 from the Terra...
. The peak was used as a reference object by surveyor S. Kirkby, with the 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:...
) (Thala Dan
Thala Dan
MV Thala Dan was one of a fleet of icebreaking cargo-passenger ships operated by the Danish J. Lauritzen A/S Lines, and chartered to, inter alia, ANARE...
), 1962. Named by ANARE for Captain John Stanwix
John Stanwix
John Stanwix was a British soldier and politician.Stanwix entered the army in 1706, rose to a captain of the grenadiers in 1739, major of marines in 1741, and lieutenant-colonel in 1745, and was appointed equerry to Frederick, Prince of Wales, in 1749...
, helicopter pilot with the expedition.