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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| Capling Peak (USA) | 72° 26' 00.0" S | 167° 08' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 123291
Place ID: 2301
A peak (2,730 m) on the N side of Croll Glacier, 5 mi SE of Bramble Peak, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Robert W. Capling, USN, aviation machinist's mate and flight engineer on Hercules aircraft at McMurdo Station during Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968. |
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