Name details

Shupe Peak

Shupe Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Shupe Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 131576

Feature type: Peak (2d)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A prominent peak, 2,910 m, of Rampart Ridge, located 4 mi ESE of The Spire in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN in 1994 after Gordon H. Shupe, USGS cartographic technician; conducted geodetic operations during three austral field seasons, 1990-94; USGS team leader for International Global Positioning System (GPS) Campaign, 1991-92, at McMurdo, Byrd, and South Pole Stations, and the Pine Island Bay area. The team established the first continuous-tracking GPS reference station in Antarctica.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
78° 10' 00.0" S
-78.16667°
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Longitude:
161° 55' 00.0" E
161.91667°
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Altitude:
2910 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1995

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