Pepper Peak

Pepper Peak
Highest point
Elevation 940 m (3,080 ft)
Coordinates 83°12′S 57°55′W / 83.200°S 57.917°W / -83.200; -57.917Coordinates: 83°12′S 57°55′W / 83.200°S 57.917°W / -83.200; -57.917
Geography
Location Antarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent range Neptune Range

Pepper Peak is a sharp peak in Antarctica, 940 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Mount Nervo in the Schmidt Hills portion of the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956-66. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Clifford G. Pepper, a hospital corpsman at Ellsworth Station during the winter of 1958.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Pepper Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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