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Storm Peak is a flat-topped peak

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...

, 3,280 m, standing 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) north of Blizzard Peak

Blizzard Peak

Blizzard Peak is, at , the highest peak in the Marshall Mountains, Queen Alexandra Range, standing northwest of Mount Marshall. It was so named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition because a blizzard prevented them from reaching it for several days....

in the Marshall Mountains

Marshall Mountains

Marshall Mountains is a group of mountains overlooking the Beardmore Glacier in Queen Alexandra Range, bounded on the north by Berwick Glacier, and on the south by Swinford Glacier. Discovered by the South Polar Party of the British Antarctic Expedition , and named for Dr. Eric Marshall, surgeon...

, Queen Alexandra Range

Queen Alexandra Range

The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range in East Antarctica, about 160 km long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf. Alternate names for this range include Alexandra Mountains, Alexandra Range and Königin Alexandra...

. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...

(NZGSAE) (1961–62) because of the stormy conditions experienced in the area.

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