Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Acarospora Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Acarospora Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak (2d)
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:
A peak 1 mi NE of, and only slightly below the elevation of Mount Czegka, located at the SW end of Watson Escarpment. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by NZ-APC on suggestion of NZGSAE Scott Glacier Party, 1969-70, because the lichen Acarospora emergens Dodge was found on the peak.
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