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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| Mendenhall Peak (USA) | 85° 24' 00.0" S | 87° 19' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 128793
Place ID: 9427
A peak (2,130 m) 0.5 mi W of Mount Wrather in the E part of the Thiel Mountains. The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur Ford, co-leaders of the USGS Thiel Mountains party which surveyed these mountains in 1960-61. Named for Walter C. Mendenhall, fifth director of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1931-43. |
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