Owen Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Owen Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to c. 1700m near the head of Gruening Glacier, Black Coast, was photographed from the air by RARE, 21 November, 1947, in the reported position c.71°50'S 63°00'W, and named Mount Russell Owen after Russell Owen (1889-1952), New York Times correspondent with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30 (Ronne, 1948b, map p.357). Monte Rossell [sic] Owen (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 12-13). Owen Peak ([in 71°50'S 63°00'W] Alberts, 1966, p.276; [co-ordinates corrected] APC, 1977, p.25; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). The mountain was rephotographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and mapped from air photographs by USGS.
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