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University Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
University Peak (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 peak at the head of University Valley, 5km south-southwest of West Beacon, in Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF07
Named by U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) researchers Heinz Janetschek, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1961-62, and Fiorenzo Ugolini, geologist at McMurdo Station, 1961-62, after their respective university affiliation, Leopold-Franzens-Universitat at Innsbruck, Austria, and Rutgers University at New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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