Name details

Loewenstein Peak

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135676

Feature type: Peak (2d)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Narrative

An ice-free peak, 1539 m, located 3 km north-east of Vashka Crag, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. It stands at the western end of a line of peaks that mark the divide in eastern Cruzen Range. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Robert F. Loewenstein, Yerkes Observatory, later with Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; member of the USAP astrophysical research team at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, 13 field seasons 1991-2004.

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Location

Latitude:
77° 18' 20.0" S
-77.30556°
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Longitude:
161° 08' 30.0" E
161.14167°
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Altitude:
1539 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
12-Sep-2005

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