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Engebretson Peak

Coordinates: 78°8′S 162°27′E / 78.133°S 162.450°E / -78.133; 162.450
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78°8′S 162°27′E / 78.133°S 162.450°E / -78.133; 162.450 Engebretson Peak is a peak rising to 3,271 metres (10,732 ft) between Sladen Summit and Borg Bastion in the Johns Hopkins Ridge, Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1994 after Mark J. Engebretson, an upper atmosphere physicist at Augsburg College, and an authority in the correlation of Arctic, Antarctic, and spacecraft data.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Engebretson Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-02.

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