Duffy Peak

Duffy Peak (71°45′S 70°40′W / 71.750°S 70.667°W / -71.750; -70.667Coordinates: 71°45′S 70°40′W / 71.750°S 70.667°W / -71.750; -70.667) is a peak southeast of Hageman Peak in the Staccato Peaks, southwest Alexander Island, Antarctica. Dargomyzhsky glacier extends and flows west from the base of Duffy Peak and enters the nearby Bach Ice Shelf. The peak was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander Joseph A. Duffy, a U.S. Navy aircraft pilot in Squadron VXE-6 during Operation Deep Freeze, 1969 and 1970.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Duffy Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-02-01.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Duffy Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/21/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.