Schist Peak
Encyclopedia
Schist Peak is a peak
, 1,650 m, surmounting the divide between the Willis and Packard Glaciers in the Saint Johns Range
of Victoria Land
. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1959–60) for the rock type of which it is composed.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
, 1,650 m, surmounting the divide between the Willis and Packard Glaciers in the Saint Johns Range
Saint Johns Range
Saint Johns Range is a crescent-shaped mountain range about long, in Victoria Land. It is bounded on the north by the Cotton, Miller and Debenham Glaciers, and on the south by Victoria Valley and the Victoria Upper and Victoria Lower Glaciers. Named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the...
of Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1959–60) for the rock type of which it is composed.