Johnston Peak
Johnston Peak is a sharp dark peak in Antarctica, 7 nautical miles north of Mount Marr and 11 nautical miles northwest of Douglas Peak. 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.Johnston Peak
- Peak rising to 733 metres (2,405 feet)
- Description: mountain in Antarctica
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-66.3° or 66° 18′ south
Longitude
52.11667° or 52° 7′ east
Open location code
3H5JP428+2M
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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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