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Redpath Peaks () is a cluster of low, snow-covered peaks lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of
Mount Shattuck Mount Shattuck () is a peak, 1,430 m, located at the south end of Independence Hills, about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Redpath Peaks, in the Heritage Range. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for aviati ...
and the
Independence Hills The Independence Hills () are a line of rugged hills and peaks, long, with mainly bare rock eastern slopes. They lie southeast of the Marble Hills and form the southern segment of the west wall of Horseshoe Valley, in the Heritage Range of Ant ...
, at the south extremity of the
Heritage Range The Heritage Range is a major mountain range, long and wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range is complex, consisting of scattered ridges and peaks of mod ...
,
Ellsworth Mountains The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minnesota ...
. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Bruce B. Redpath, a
United States Antarctic Research 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 ...
(USARP) geophysicist on the South Pole—Queen Maud Land Traverse I of 1964–65.Redpath Peaks
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See also

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Mountains in Antarctica This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Antarctica. Some islands in the South Atlantic have also been included and can be found at the end of the list. Antarctica South Atl ...


References

* Ellsworth Mountains Mountains of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub