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)
Whitten Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Whitten 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:
Pyramidal peak, 445 m, forming the NE end of Blade Ridge at the W side of the head of Hope Bay, on the NE end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the SwedAE, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. Named by the FIDS for R. Whitten, first mate of the ship Eagle, which participated in FIDS operations in 1944-45.
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