Silverstein Peak
Silverstein Peak is a prominent, peak on the west edge of the ice-covered Vinson Plateau in the Sentinel Range of Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Roché Glacier to the north and Zapol Glacier to the southwest.
The peak was named by US-ACAN in 2006 after , member of the 1966-67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition that made the first ascent of Vinson Massif and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range.Location
Silverstein Peak is located at, which is south-southwest of the summit Mount Vinson, west by south of Hollister Peak, north-northwest of Opalchenie Peak and east of Príncipe de Asturias Peak. USGS 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.
