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Terletskiy Peak

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Terletskiy Peak (71°49′S 10°31′E) is a peak, 2,505 m, rising 1.7 nautical miles (3.1 km) northwest of Chervov Peak in the Shcherbakov Range, Orvin Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and roughly plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60 remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–61, and named after Soviet hydrographer N.A. Terletskiy (1910–1954).

Map of Terletskiy Peak, Antarctica

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

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Terletskiy Peak Wikipedia