Sherve Peak
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Sherve Peak is a peak
rising to 2200 m in the west part of Guardrail Ridge
in Kyle Hills
, Ross Island
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) (2000) after John Sherve, facilities maintenance supervisor/construction coordinator at McMurdo Station
, 1988–94; ASA resident manager at McMurdo Station, winter 1994; National Science Foundation
(NSF) McMurdo Station manager, December 1997-Nov. 1998.
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 2200 m in the west part of Guardrail Ridge
Guardrail Ridge
Guardrail Ridge is a ridge 2 nautical miles long located 2 nautical miles west-southwest of The Tooth in the Kyle Hills, Ross Island. The ridge rises to 2200 m at Sherve Peak. The name alludes to the position of the ridge along the south margin of Lofty Promenade. Named by Advisory Committee on...
in Kyle Hills
Kyle Hills
Kyle Hills is a prominent group of volcanic cones, hills, ridges, and peaks that occupy the east part of Ross Island between Mount Terror and Cape Crozier. The hills extend east-west for 8 nautical miles , rising from sea level at Cape Crozier to c.2600 m in Mount McIntosh at the west end of the...
, Ross Island
Ross Island
Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound.-Geography:...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) (2000) after John Sherve, facilities maintenance supervisor/construction coordinator at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
, 1988–94; ASA resident manager at McMurdo Station, winter 1994; National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
(NSF) McMurdo Station manager, December 1997-Nov. 1998.