Mount Shadow () is a small
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
Admiralty Mountains
The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) is a large group of high mountains and individually named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land, Antarctica. This mountain group is bounded by the Ross Sea, the Southern Ocean, and ...
that rises above and close west of
Shadow Bluff Shadow Bluff () is a rock bluff in Antarctica, just west of McGregor Range, at the junction of the Tucker and Leander Glaciers. It is a landmark when sledging on the Tucker Glacier, and is nearly always in shadow, hence the name. Named by the New Ze ...
at the junction of the Tucker and
Leander Glacier Leander Glacier () is a tributary glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica, draining the area west of Mount Black Prince and flowing south between Shadow Bluff and the McGregor Range to enter Tucker Glacier. It was partially surveyed by t ...
s. Climbed by the geological team 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 ...
(NZGSAE), 1957–58, in January 1958, and named from association with Shadow Bluff and nearby
Mount Midnight
Mount Midnight is a peak nearly high, standing on the north side of Tucker Glacier, west of Shadow Bluff, in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. It was climbed by a geological team of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition ...
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Admiralty Mountains
Mountains of Victoria Land
Borchgrevink Coast
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