geo.wikisort.org - MontagneIl Delta Peak è un picco roccioso antartico che forma uno spigolo accentuato sull'Ackerman Ridge, 11 km a nordest del Monte Gjertsen, nelle La Gorce Mountains, catena montuosa che fa parte dei Monti della Regina Maud, in Antartide.
Fu mappato dall'United States Geological Survey sulla base di ispezioni condotte in loco e di foto aeree scattate dalla U.S. Navy nel periodo 1960-64.
La denominazione fu assegnata dalla New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition del 1969–70, perché gli strati rocciosi colorati che lo costituiscono, se visti da sud presentano una forma che ricorda la lettera maiuscola greca Delta (Δ).[1]
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- (EN) Delta Peak, in Geographic Names Information System, USGS.
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[de] Delta Peak
Der Delta Peak ist ein sehr spitzer Berg im westantarktischen Marie-Byrd-Land. Er ragt als markanter Eckpunkt des Ackerman Ridge 10 km nordöstlich des Mount Gjertsen in den La Gorce Mountains auf.
[en] Delta Peak
Delta Peak [1] (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}86°35′S 147°30′W) is a very sharp peak marking a pronounced corner point on Ackerman Ridge, 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Mount Gjertsen, in the La Gorce Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1969–70, because as seen from the south the colorful rock strata present a well visible form that is suggestive of the Greek letter Delta.[2]
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