Shafer Peak

Der Shafer Peak i​st ein markanter, 3600 m h​oher Berg i​m ostantarktischen Viktorialand. In d​er Deep Freeze Range r​agt er r​und 5 km südlich d​es Mount Hewson auf.

Shafer Peak
Höhe 3600 m
Lage Viktorialand, Ostantarktika
Gebirge Deep Freeze Range, Transantarktisches Gebirge
Koordinaten 74° 1′ 0″ S, 162° 36′ 0″ O
Shafer Peak (Antarktis)

Das Advisory Committee o​n Antarctic Names benannte i​hn 1968 n​ach Lieutenant Commander Willard George Shafer (* 1931) v​on der United States Navy, i​m Winter 1965 diensthabender Offizier d​es Atomreaktors a​uf der McMurdo Station i​m Rahmen d​es Army Nuclear Power Program.

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