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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Mount Soza (NZL) | 71° 10' 00.0" S | 162° 34' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114426
Place ID: 13764
Prominent mountain surmounting the east side of Rennick Glaicer 7 miles north of Carryer Glacier. Named by the US ACAN for Ezekiel R Soza, US Geological Survey topo-graphic engineer, member of of Topo North-South, 1961-62 and Topo East-West, 1962-63. |
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| Mount Soza (USA) | 71° 10' 00.0" S | 162° 34' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 131954
Place ID: 13764
A massive mountain (2,190 m) in the Bowers Mountains that comprises the E wall of the Rennick Glacier between the entry points of the tributary Alt and Carryer Glaciers. Named by US-ACAN after Ezekiel R. Soza, USGS topographic engineer, a member of USGS Topo North and South, 1961-62, and Topo East and West, 1962-63. Using Army turbine helicopters for rapid movement, these survey parties established geodetic control in the Transantarctic Mountains between the Cape Hallett area and Beardmore Glacier during the first season (Topo North and South); during the second season geodetic control was extended from Cape Hallett to Wilson Hills (Topo West), and from the foot of Beardmore Glacier through the Horlick Mountains (Topo East). Soza was leader of the USGS mapping party in the Pensacola Mountains, 1965-66 season. |
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