Nilsen Peak

Nilsen Peak

Nilsen Peak (84°32′S 175°25′W / 84.533°S 175.417°W / -84.533; -175.417) is a prominent peak (780 m) at the north end of Waldron Spurs, marking the east side of the mouth of Shackleton Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for W.B. Nilsen, Master of the USNS Chattahoochee during Operation Deep Freeze 1965.

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