
Pavlov Peak () is a
peak Peak or The Peak may refer to:
Basic meanings Geology
* Mountain peak
** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics
* Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
* Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-di ...
lying north of
Mount Vesalius
Mount Vesalius () is a mountain (765 m) standing northwest of Macleod Point, Liege Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It surmounts Pleystor Glacier to the northwest.
The peak was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950, but was named b ...
on
Liege Island, in the
Palmer Archipelago. It rises to 805 m
[Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.]
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 and surmounts
Beripara Cove to the east,
Pleystor Glacier
Pleystor Glacier ( bg, ледник Плейстор, lednik Pleystor, ) is the 2.2 km long and 1.2 km wide glacier on the west side of Brugmann Mountains on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is situated south-so ...
to the southwest and
Zbelsurd Glacier
Zbelsurd Glacier ( bg, ледник Збелсурд, lednik Zbelsurd, ) is the 2.25 km long and 1.6 km wide glacier on the west side of Brugmann Mountains on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is situated southwes ...
to the northwest.
History
The peak was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1954. It was named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
(UK-APC) in 1960 for
Ivan P. Pavlov (1849–1936), Russian experimental physiologist noted for his work on conditioned reflexes.
Further reading
* Damien Gildea,
Mountaineering in Antarctica: complete guide: Travel guide'
Notes
External links
Pavlov Peakon
USGS
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, a ...
website
Pavlov Peakon
AADC website
References
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Mountains of the Palmer Archipelago
Liège Island
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