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Rhodes Peak

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Elevation
  
780 m

Rhodes Peak (83°20′S 167°47′E) is a peak, 780 m, standing at the north side of the mouth of Hoffman Glacier, marking the seaward end of the ridge descending east from Mount Tripp, Holland Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander A.G. Rhodes, RNZN, commanding officer of HMNZS Pukaki, ocean station ship on duty between New Zealand and McMurdo Sound in 1964 and 1965.

Map of Rhodes Peak, Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Rhodes Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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Rhodes Peak Wikipedia