Graphite Peak () is a peak, high, standing at the northeast end of a ridge running northeast from

Mount Clarke Mount Clarke is a mountain in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located northwest of Hemlock Valley and south of Grainger Peak. It is part of the Douglas Ranges, the southernmost subdivision of the Pacific Ranges which in turn form part ...

, just south of the head of Falkenhof Glacier in Antarctica. It was so named by the

New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 195 ...

(1961–62) because of the

graphite Graphite () is a crystalline form of the element carbon. It consists of stacked layers of graphene. Graphite occurs naturally and is the most stable form of carbon under standard conditions. Synthetic and natural graphite are consumed on la ...

found on the peak.

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