Péwé Peak

Mountain in the Antarctic


title: "Péwé Peak" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-victoria-land", "scott-coast"] description: "Mountain in the Antarctic" topic_path: "general/mountains-of-victoria-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Péwé_Peak" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in the Antarctic ::

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namePéwé Peak
countryAntarctica
region_typeRegion
regionVictoria Land
coordinates
length_km
width_km
mapAntarctica
labelPéwé Peak
geology
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| name= Péwé Peak | photo= | photo_caption= | country=Antarctica | country_type=Continent | region_type =Region | region=Victoria Land | parent= | border= | coordinates = | length_km= | length_note = | width_km= | width_note = | highest= | elevation_m= | elevation_note= | map = Antarctica | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | label = Péwé Peak | label_position = | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_note = | geology= | period=| orogeny= Péwé Peak () is a bedrock peak, 860 m high, composed of granite and topped with a dolerite sill. The peak is immediately south of Joyce Glacier and is surrounded by glacial ice except on the south side. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Troy L. Péwé, a glacial geologist with U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze, 1957–58, who personally explored this peak as well as adjacent portions of Victoria Land.

Nearby features

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/C78192s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Discovery.jpg" caption="Péwé Peakl to the north of map"] ::

Péwé Peak is in the Denton Hills. Péwé Peak rises above Joyce Glacier to the north, and Lake Buddha to the west. Shangri-la is to the south and Catacomb Hill to the southwest.

Joyce Glacier

Zetland Glacier

Colleen Lake

Nostoc Flats

Lake Buddha

Mount Steep

Shangri-la

Kelmelis Hills

Gallery

File:Garwood Valley 2016 14.jpg|Colleen Lake File:Shangri-la (Antarctica) 2016 02.jpg|Shangri-la File:Shangri-la (Antarctica) 2016 01.jpg|View of Shangri-la (2016)

References

Sources

  • {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-01-30 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17588 |name=Denton Hills}}
  • {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C78192s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Discovery.jpg |accessdate=2024-02-23 |title=Mount Discovery |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17278 |name=Mount Steep}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17503 |name=Nostoc Flats}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17297 |name=Zetland Glacier}}

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