Mount Lowry

Mount Lowry
Mount Lowry

Antarctica Pensacola Mountains

Highest point
Elevation 1,020 m (3,350 ft)
Coordinates 84°33′S 64°9′W / 84.550°S 64.150°W / -84.550; -64.150Coordinates: 84°33′S 64°9′W / 84.550°S 64.150°W / -84.550; -64.150
Geography
Location Antarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent range Patuxent Range

Mount Lowry is a mountain, 1,020 metres (3,350 ft) high, standing 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) northwest of the Wrigley Bluffs in the Anderson Hills, in the northern part of the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for James K. Lowry, a biologist at Palmer Station in the winter of 1967.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Lowry". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-05.

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