Seelig Peak

Seelig Peak (82°26′00″S 163°58′00″E) is an ice-free peak, 1,346 metres (4,416 ft) high, which marks the summit of the Campbell Hills on the southern side of Nimrod Glacier. The peak stands 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of Mount Christchurch, a mountain named after Christchurch, New Zealand, by Captain R.F. Scott’s British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04. In 2005, in association with Mount Christchurch, the New Zealand Geographic Board named this peak after Walter R. Seelig (1919-2005), the National Science Foundation representative in Christchurch during eleven U.S. Antarctic Research Program austral deployments between 1971 and 1986. Seelig was accompanied in the Christchurch sojourns by his wife, Josephine Seelig.