Tent Peak
Tent Peak is a tent-shaped peak rising to about 1,570 metres (5,150 ft) midway between Mount Terror and Cape Crozier in eastern Ross Island. Descriptively named by a party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958–59, which occupied the peak as an astronomical control station, January 5, 1959, and erected a tent below the peak.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Tent Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
Coordinates: 77°30′S 168°58′E / 77.500°S 168.967°E
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