Khufu Peak
Khufu Peak is a peak rising to about 745 m located in Planet Heights, near the center of the Fossil Bluff massif, on the east side of Alexander Island, Antarctica, in which the east face of the peak faces towards George VI Sound and the George VI Ice Shelf.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pearce Dome and Drune Hill.
Pearce Dome
Peak
Pearce Dome is a dome shaped mountain rising to about 789 m that is snow and ice free on the north slopes and is situated about 0.5 nautical miles west-northwest of Khufu Peak and 0.6 nautical miles due east of Blodwen Peak, situated on the east coast of Alexander Island overlooking George VI Sound and the George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
Drune Hill
Peak
Drune Hill is a rounded flat topped mountain rising to about 680 metres, and located about 0.5 nautical miles north of Khufu Peak, separated from it by Khufu Corrie, and about 0.5 nautical miles northeast of Pearce Dome, situated on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica.
Giza Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Giza Peak is a peak rising to about 600 metres on the east side of the Fossil Bluff massif, eastern Alexander Island, Antarctica. For many years this peak was known to the British Antarctic Survey workers as "Sphinx," a name already in use.
Khufu Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 745 metres
- Description: peak on Alexander Island, Antarctica
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-71.33489° or 71° 20′ 6″ southLongitude
-68.32211° or 68° 19′ 20″ westElevation
745 metres (2,444 feet)Open location code
27WHMM8H+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 9253443487OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Khufu Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Khufu Peak”
- Chinese: “胡夫峰”
- Dutch: “Khufu Peak”
- German: “Khufu Peak”
- Ladin: “Khufu Peak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Khufu Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khufu Peak”
- Swedish: “Khufu Peak”
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Highlights include Blodwen Peak and Fossil Bluff Skiway.
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