Escalade Peak () is a prominent peak, high, about in the

Van Allen Range Van Allen Range () is a range 14 nautical miles (26 km) long that includes Escalade Peak (2035 m), Tate Peak and Mount Marvel Mount Marvel () is a mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep si ...

, east of the south end of the Boomerang Range, in

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. I ...

. It was so named by the

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

party of the

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...

(1957–58) because its vertical pitches and platforms provide a ladder-like route to the summit.

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