Corbet Peak

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Central and southern Sentinel Range map.

Corbet Peak is a 4,822 metres (15,820 ft) high peak, at the north edge of the ice-covered Vinson Plateau in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Hinkley Glacier to the northeast and the head of Roché Glacier to the southwest.

The peak was named by US-ACAN in 2006 after Barry Corbet (1936-2004), member of the 1966–67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Vinson, the summit of Antarctica, and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range.^[1]

Location

Corbet Peak is located at 78°31′31″S 85°32′50″W / 78.52528°S 85.54722°W / -78.52528; -85.54722Coordinates: 78°31′31″S 85°32′50″W / 78.52528°S 85.54722°W / -78.52528; -85.54722, which is 0.97 miles (1.56 km) east of Mount Vinson. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

↑ "Corbet Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-11-26.

Corbet Peak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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