Gluck Peak

Gluck Peak (

71°42′S 72°41′W / 71.700°S 72.683°W / -71.700; -72.683Coordinates: 71°42′S 72°41′W / 71.700°S 72.683°W / -71.700; -72.683) is a rock peak, 335 metres (1,100 ft) high, located 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) south-southwest of Mount Borodin and immediately north of Alyabiev Glacier, lying between the bases of Bennett Dome and Shostakovich Peninsula on south side of the Beethoven Peninsula, southwest Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was first mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, by of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Christoph Willibald von Gluck, the Austrian composer (1714-1787).^[1]

See also[]

• Holst Peak
• Ravel Peak
• Simon Peak

Further reading[]

• J.L. SMELLIE, Lithostratigraphy of Miocene-Recent, alkaline volcanic fields in the Antarctic Peninsula and eastern Ellsworth Land, Antarctic Science 71 (3): 362-378 (1999)

External links[]

• Gluck Peak on USGS website
• Gluck Peak on SCAR website
• Gluck Peak location on Satellite image
• Gluck Peak - distance calculator

References[]

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Gluck Peak". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)