Dibble Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Dibble Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak (2d)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Feature n.56 in ACAN minutes of 19/06/2000. A peak 2.3 mi SW of Post Office Hill in Kyle Hills, Ross Island. The peak rises to c. 1100 m and marks the highest and SW-most point of Warren Ridge. At the instance of P. R. Kyle, named by US-ACAN (2000) after Raymond R. Dibble, geophysicist, Victoria University of Wellington, N.Z., who first visited Antarctica in 1962 to record ice-quakes. He was a member of the International Mount Erebus expeditions between 1974 and 1991, including the International Mount Erebus Seismic Study (IMESS). He lead the Erebus Eruption Mechanism Study (IMEEMS) by Victoria University and NIPR Japan from 1985 to 1991. He was a guest member of the US Mt Erebus Volcano Observatory to operate the seismic recordings from 1994 to 1998. He is currently (2001) converting all old IMESS seismic recording from NIPR Japan into digital format, on behalf of Victoria University as an Honorary Researcher.
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