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Fukushima Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Fukushima 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.
A high, pointed peak (4634 m) on the S edge of the summit plateau of Vinson Massif, 2 mi S of Mount Vinson. Named by US-ACAN (2006) after Eichii Fukushima, member of the 1966-67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition that made the first ascent of Vinson Massif and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range.
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