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Shenk Peak is a 2,540 m high
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 ...
standing just southeast of
Mount Kenyon Mount Kenyon () is a mountain, high, standing northwest of Shenk Peak and southwest of Barry Hill in the northern part of the Cumulus Hills, Antarctica. It was named by F. Alton Wade, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition of ...
between
Gillespie Glacier Gillespie Glacier () is a small tributary glacier just southwest of Mount Kenyon, descending the west slopes of the Cumulus Hills to enter Shackleton Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lester F. Gillespie, Uni ...
and
LaPrade Valley LaPrade Valley () is a valley in the Cumulus Hills of Antarctica with steep rock walls and ice-covered floor, about long, extending north to McGregor Glacier, just west of Rougier Hill. It was named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition ...
in the
Cumulus Hills The Cumulus Hills () are several groups of largely barren hills in Antarctica. Divided by the Logie Glacier, they are bounded by Shackleton Glacier on the west, McGregor Glacier on the north and Zaneveld Glacier on the south. The exposed rock in ...
. It was named by the
Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition The Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition took place first from 1962/63 and then again from 1964/65. The expedition, led by F. Alton Wade, was sponsored by Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University). It explored areas of Antarctica. ...
(1964–65) for John C. Shenk, who was a
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graduate student and member of the expedition. Mountains of the Ross Dependency Dufek Coast {{TexasTech-stub