Lowe Peak
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Lowe Peak is a peak
rising to 1060 m, 5 km south west of Mount Kolp
, at the north west end of Nash Range
. Named in honor of P. A. Lowe, a member of the 1961 Cape Hallett
winter-over team, working as a technician on the geomagnetic project.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
rising to 1060 m, 5 km south west of Mount Kolp
Mount Kolp
Mount Kolp is a mostly ice-free coastal mountain, 1,010 m, standing 7 nautical miles west-northwest of Cape Laird, along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf. It was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Colonel H.R. Kolp, United States Marine Corps , executive officer of...
, at the north west end of Nash Range
Nash Range
Nash Range is a mainly ice-covered coastal range, 40 nautical miles long, bordering the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Dickey and Nimrod Glaciers...
. Named in honor of P. A. Lowe, a member of the 1961 Cape Hallett
Cape Hallett
Cape Hallett is a snow-free area on the northern tip of the Hallett Peninsula on the Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. A very large Adelie penguin rookery is located at Cape Hallett...
winter-over team, working as a technician on the geomagnetic project.