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Antarctica / Antarctica / Gjelsvik Peak
Record SL-864469 · Wikidata Q5565983

Gjelsvik Peak

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Elevation
3,660 m
12,008 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
85.3167° S, 168.0000° W
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Gjelsvik Peak
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Description

Wikipedia

The Herbert Range (85°22′S 165°30′W) is a range in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, extending from the edge of the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Axel Heiberg Glacier and Strom Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Walter W. Herbert, leader of the Southern Party of the New Zealand GSAE (1961–62) which explored the Axel Heiberg Glacier area.

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