Pivot Peak
The Wilkniss Mountains form a prominent group of conical peaks and mountains, 10 nautical miles long running north–south, located 9 nautical miles east-southeast of Mount Feather in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dreschhoff Peak and Fulcrum.
Dreschhoff Peak
Peak
Dreschhoff Peak in Antarctica is named after Gisela A.M. Dreschhoff, a physicist at the Space Technology Center, University of Kansas, who conducted radioactivity surveys and other field work in various parts of Antarctica, including Victoria Land, for 11 field seasons, 1976–89.
Fulcrum
Peak
The Wilkniss Mountains form a prominent group of conical peaks and mountains, 10 nautical miles long running north–south, located 9 nautical miles east-southeast of Mount Feather in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Pivot Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,470 metres
- Description: peak in Victoria Land, Antarctica
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-78.02558° or 78° 1′ 32″ southLongitude
161.01805° or 161° 1′ 5″ eastElevation
2,470 metres (8,104 feet)Open location code
2VH3X2F9+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 7949565799OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pivot Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pivot Peak (tumoy sa bukid sa Antarctica)”
- Cebuano: “Pivot Peak”
- Chinese: “皮弗特峰”
- Dutch: “Pivot Peak”
- German: “Pivot Peak”
- Ladin: “Pivot Peak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pivot Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pivot Peak”
- Swedish: “Pivot Peak (bergstopp i Antarktis)”
- Swedish: “Pivot Peak”
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