Coleman Peak () is a
peak rising to about on the northeast slope of
Mount Erebus,
Ross Island
Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound. Ross Island lies within the boundaries of Ross Dependency, an area of Antarctica claimed by New ...
, east of the summit of
Fang Ridge. It was named by the
New Zealand Geographic Board (2000) after Father John Coleman, a
New Zealand chaplain, who traveled to Antarctica many times with the
U.S. Antarctic Program
The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...
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References
Mountains of Ross Island
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