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)
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Lowe Nunataks (USA) | 72° 13' 00.0" S | 98° 56' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
Name ID: 136171
Place ID: 17513
A cluster of low peaks or nunataks 1.5 mi SE of Mount Borgeson in the Walker Mountains, Thurston Island. Named by US-ACAN after Photographer's Mate W.L. Lowe, aircrewman in the Eastern Group of USN Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this feature and coastal areas adjacent to Thurston Island, 1946-47. |
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