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Shenk Peak

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Location
  
Antarctica

Range
  
Cumulus Hills

Parent range
  
Cumulus Hills

Shenk Peak

Elevation
  
2,540 metres (8,330 ft)

Shenk Peak is a 2,540 m high peak standing just southeast of Mount Kenyon between Gillespie Glacier and LaPrade Valley in the Cumulus Hills. It was named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition (1964–65) for John C. Shenk, who was a Texas Tech graduate student and member of the expedition.

Map of Shenk Peak, Antarctica

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

References

Shenk Peak Wikipedia