Blizzard Peak () is, at , the highest
peak Peak or The Peak may refer to:
Basic meanings Geology
* Mountain peak
** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics
* Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
* Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-di ...
in the
Marshall Mountains
The Marshall Mountains () are a group of mountains overlooking Beardmore Glacier in the Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica. They are bounded on the north by Berwick Glacier, and on the south by Swinford Glacier. The mountains were discovered by th ...
,
Queen Alexandra Range
The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ross Dependency region of Antarctica.
It is about long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to ...
, standing northwest of
Mount Marshall and southeast of
Blizzard Heights, from which they are separated by a broad snow
col It was so named by the Northern Party of the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Features named by the expeditions 1957 ...
(1961–62) because a blizzard prevented them from reaching it for several days.
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Features
* Lindsay Peak, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west-northwest of Blizzard Peak
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Mountains of the Ross Dependency
Shackleton Coast
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