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Record SL-866022 · Wikidata Q5651214

Hanson Peak

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Elevation
1,255 m
4,117 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
71.3500° S, 170.3000° E
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Hanson Peak
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Description

Wikipedia

The Adare Peninsula (71°40′S 170°30′E), is a high ice-covered peninsula, 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) long, in the northeast part of Victoria Land, extending south from Cape Adare to Cape Roget. The peninsula was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Cape Adare. The peninsula is considered the southernmost point of the Borchgrevink Coast, named for Carsten Borchgrevink (1864-1934).

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