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]
| Una Peaks | |
|---|---|
| Una's Tits | |
 Una's Tits, Lemaire Channel, January 2010 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 747 m (2,451 ft) |
| Coordinates | 65°06′24″S 63°56′26″W / 65.10667°S 63.94056°W |
| Geography | |
  Una Peaks | |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1999 |
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]
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edit- ^ a b c John Splettstoesser (2009). Una Peaks: a long overdue Antarctic geographical naming. Polar Record, 45, pp 177-179. doi:10.1017/S0032247408008036. abstract
- ^ USGS Geographic Names Information System, Antarctica Feature Detail: Una Peaks
- ^ American Alpine Club (1998). American Alpine Journal. Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers Books. p. 136. ISBN 0-930410-78-5.
- ^ a b Rubin, Jeff (2008). Antarctica. Melbourne: Lonely Planet. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-74104-549-9.
- ^ American Alpine Club (1998). American Alpine Journal. Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers Books. p. 139. ISBN 0-930410-78-5.
- ^ Chloe Jon Paul, Antarctica For All Ages: The Trip of a Lifetime
- ^ Alpinist First Ascent
Sources
edit- Lonely Planet, Antarctica: a Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit, Oakland, CA: Lonely Planet Publications, 1996, p. 305
- Antarctica. Sydney: Reader's Digest, 1985, pp. 126–127.
- U.S. National Science Foundation, Geographic Names of the Antarctic, Fred G. Alberts, ed. Washington: NSF, 1980.
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- "Ship for scale - Una Peaks (747 m), Renard Island, Antarctic Peninsula". Flickr. Jan 26, 2012.
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