Tyndall Mountains
Peaks
Pryor Peak sits on the west side of the range, on the edge of Giants Cirque, a large cirque which opens to the southwest to Vallot Glacier. The cirque was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1983 following British Antarctic Survey geological work in the area. The peak was named by UK-APC after Commander John S. N. Pryor, Royal Navy.
Richardson Peak, rising to about 600 m, sits on the east side of Vallot Glacier. It was named by UK-APC after Hilda Richardson, Secretary General, International Glaciological Society.
Both peaks were photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1957 and visited by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologists, 1980–81.
References
- ^ "Tyndall Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ "Giants Cirque". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ "Pryor Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ "Richardson Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Tyndall Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.