Spectre, The (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
The Spectre (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak
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:
A prominent rock spire c.2020m near the centre of Organ Pipe Peaks, Gothic Mountains, in Queen Maud Mountains.
Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) geological party under Quin Blackburn. The allusive name was suggested by Edmund Stump, leader of the U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) - Arizona State University geological party in the Gothic Mountains, 1980-81. The feature was described as 'ghostly in appearance'.
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