Escalade Peak (78°38′S 159°22′E / 78.633°S 159.367°E / -78.633; 159.367) is a prominent peak, 2,035 metres (6,680 ft) high, about 8 nautical miles (15 km) in the Van Allen Range, east of the south end of the Boomerang Range, in Victoria Land. It was so named by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1957–58) because its vertical pitches and platforms provide a ladder-like route to the summit.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Escalade Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-04.

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