Peterson Terrace

Peterson Terrace (77°19′42″S 161°12′00″E) is a gently inclined, mostly ice-free area (c. 1.5 square mile) between Gaisser Valley and LaBelle Valley in the Cruzen Range of Victoria Land. The terrace rises to 1250 m; 750 m above Barwick Valley and Lake Vashka, close southward. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2005 after Jeffrey B. Peterson, Physics Department, Carnegie-Mellon University, who performed astrophysics research at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station for 14 field seasons (from 1988 to 2005).