Dallmeyer Peak

Dallmeyer Peak

Dallmeyer Peak (64°53′S 62°45′W / 64.883°S 62.75°W / -64.883; -62.75) is a peak, 1,105 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Steinheil Point on the south side of Andvord Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. The peak appears on an Argentine government chart of 1952. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for John H. Dallmeyer (1830–83), English (formerly German) optician who independently developed the "rectilinear" photographic lens.

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