Johnston Peak

Johnston Peak is a sharp dark peak in Antarctica, 7 nautical miles north of and 11 nautical miles northwest of . It was discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Mawson, who named it for Professor Thomas Harvey Johnston, the chief biologist to the expedition.
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Johnston Peak

Latitude
-66.3° or 66° 18′ south
Longitude
52.11667° or 52° 7′ east
Elevation
733 metres (2,405 feet)
Open location code
3H5JP428+2M
Geo­Names ID
6635733
Wiki­data ID
Q6268657
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Johnston Peak” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Johnston Peak (tumoy sa bukid sa Antarctica)
  • Cebuano: Johnston Peak
  • Chinese: 約翰斯頓峰
  • Dutch: Johnston Peak
  • German: Johnston Peak
  • Hebrew: פסגת ג’ונסטון
  • Ladin: Johnston Peak
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Johnston Peak
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Johnston Peak
  • Swedish: Johnston Peak (bergstopp i Antarktis)
  • Swedish: Johnston Peak

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