Wahlstrom Peak
Wahlstrom Peak is a high, sharp peak at the southeast side of the ice-covered Vinson Plateau in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts the head of Roché Glacier to the northwest and Hammer Col to the southeast.
The peak was named by US-ACAN in 2006 after Richard W. Wahlstrom, member of the 1966–67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Vinson, the summit of Antarctica, and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range.Location
Wahlstrom Peak is located at, which is southeast of Mount Vinson, southwest of Marts Peak and northeast of Opalchenie Peak. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.Maps
- Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
- D. Gildea and C. Rada. Vinson Massif and the Sentinel Range. Scale 1:50 000 topographic map. Omega Foundation, 2007.
- Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Since 1993, regularly updated.
