Huggler Peak
Huggler Peak | ||
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height | 1580 m | |
location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
Mountains | Anderson Massif , Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
Coordinates | 79 ° 6 ′ 30 " S , 84 ° 42 ′ 20" W | |
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The Huggler Peak is a 1580 m high, pointed and snow-capped mountain in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises to the north of the Anderson massif of the Heritage Range in the Ellsworth Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it as part of the mapping of the Ellsworth Mountains from 1961 to 1966 through field surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the summit in 1966 after John Q. Huggler, a warehouse manager for the United States Navy Reserve . During Operation Deep Freeze in 1966, he helped with various construction projects on the American McMurdo station .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Huggler Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 21, 2010.