Una's_Peaks

Una Peaks

Una Peaks

Twin basalt towers on the Antarctic Peninsula

Una Peaks,[1][2] formerly known as Cape Renard Towers,[3] are two towers of basalt, each topped by a cap of ice, guarding the northern entrance to the Lemaire Channel on the Antarctic Peninsula. With the highest summit at 747 metres (2,451 ft),[4] The formation has been long colloquially known as "Una's Tits".[1] The peaks appear on a British Antarctic Territory stamp although they are not identified as such. The individual towers are referred to as "buttresses".[5]

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Una Spivey was the name of a secretary in the governor's office in Stanley, Falkland Islands[1] who was working for what is now the British Antarctic Survey.[6] The tallest tower has only been summited once; this was by a German team in 1999 [4] (Kurt Albert, Stefan Glowacz, Hans Martin Götz, Gerhard Heidorn, Holger Heuber and Jürgen Knappe). [7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    John Splettstoesser (2009). Una Peaks: a long overdue Antarctic geographical naming. Polar Record, 45, pp 177-179. doi:10.1017/S0032247408008036. abstract
  2. [2]
    USGS Geographic Names Information System, Antarctica Feature Detail: Una Peaks
  3. [3]
    American Alpine Club (1998). American Alpine Journal. Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers Books. p. 136. ISBN 0-930410-78-5.
  4. [4]
    Rubin, Jeff (2008). Antarctica. Melbourne: Lonely Planet. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-74104-549-9.
  5. [5]
    American Alpine Club (1998). American Alpine Journal. Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers Books. p. 139. ISBN 0-930410-78-5.
  6. [6]
    Chloe Jon Paul, Antarctica For All Ages: The Trip of a Lifetime
  7. [7]
    Alpinist First Ascent

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