Kamskaya Peak

Kamskaya Peak (71°57′S 13°25′E / 71.950°S 13.417°E / -71.950; 13.417Coordinates: 71°57′S 13°25′E / 71.950°S 13.417°E / -71.950; 13.417) is, at 2,690 metres (8,830 ft), the highest peak of Dekefjellet Mountain in the Weyprecht Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and plotted from air photos by the Third German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39, and was mapped from air photos and surveys by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60. it was remapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–61, and possibly named after the Kama River in Russia.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Kamskaya Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-12.

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