Whitten Peak () is a pyramidal
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 ...
, 445 m, forming the northeast end of
Blade Ridge at the west side of the head of
Hope Bay, on the northeast end of
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...
. Discovered by the
Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Nordenskjold. Named by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...
(FIDS) for
R. Whitten, first mate of the ship Eagle, which participated in FIDS operations in 1944–45.
Mountains of Trinity Peninsula
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